Closing Argumentative Essay: Gentlemen Of The Trial
Closing Argument
Gentlemen of the jury, we have gathered to decide the fate of a boy, a life or death decision. This is a responsibility that must not be taken lightly, a guilty child born into a corrupt system shouldn’t be culled due to the ignorance and failure to achieve the justice he deserves. This boy, who is in good health, and should live to a good age, will come to a permanent end. In my many years of law it has never been clearer to me the suspect has been falsely accused. It is your duty as the jury, the established law that is supposed to keep the innocent out of jail, to decide the fate of an innocent man.
The key witness in this trial, a woman who lived across the street from the crime scene, claims to have seen this act. This …show more content…
With no fingerprints to speak of, and the one of a kind statement being proved false there is no possible way to prove anything but how the murder happened. Not who did it. The only argument they have against this boy is the fickle testimony of a few people, and a fight between the boy and the father. This is not enough for a conviction. (Rose 24)
The defendant claimed that the eye witness evidence was enough, but there is no real physical proof. No blood on the boy, no fingerprints, nothing. There is only circumstantial evidence, which even that is plausible. The boy very well could have been, and was, at the movie theater. They also claim he had a motive, but even if he did he was not the only one. The boy’s father was a rude, insensitive man. He got into bar fights often. Any number of people could have wanted to kill him. (Rose 24, 16)
Keep all of this in mind when you debate in that room what will become of this boy. Thank you for your time and attention, and do not fail this court system. I urge you to vote not guilty, as you twelve men are the only things between this boy and death. No one else can help him now, as I have done all I can. Please keep this innocent boy away from the
Gentlemen of the jury, we have gathered to decide the fate of a boy, a life or death decision. This is a responsibility that must not be taken lightly, a guilty child born into a corrupt system shouldn’t be culled due to the ignorance and failure to achieve the justice he deserves. This boy, who is in good health, and should live to a good age, will come to a permanent end. In my many years of law it has never been clearer to me the suspect has been falsely accused. It is your duty as the jury, the established law that is supposed to keep the innocent out of jail, to decide the fate of an innocent man.
The key witness in this trial, a woman who lived across the street from the crime scene, claims to have seen this act. This …show more content…
With no fingerprints to speak of, and the one of a kind statement being proved false there is no possible way to prove anything but how the murder happened. Not who did it. The only argument they have against this boy is the fickle testimony of a few people, and a fight between the boy and the father. This is not enough for a conviction. (Rose 24)
The defendant claimed that the eye witness evidence was enough, but there is no real physical proof. No blood on the boy, no fingerprints, nothing. There is only circumstantial evidence, which even that is plausible. The boy very well could have been, and was, at the movie theater. They also claim he had a motive, but even if he did he was not the only one. The boy’s father was a rude, insensitive man. He got into bar fights often. Any number of people could have wanted to kill him. (Rose 24, 16)
Keep all of this in mind when you debate in that room what will become of this boy. Thank you for your time and attention, and do not fail this court system. I urge you to vote not guilty, as you twelve men are the only things between this boy and death. No one else can help him now, as I have done all I can. Please keep this innocent boy away from the