"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury............ You know, I had a whole great summation prepared for today.............. but I'm not going to read it. I am here to help guide you all to the truth. To guide you not with my words and legal maneuvering, but to guide you with my heart, and have your heart guide you."
" Being a lawyer, it is incumbent not to just talk about the truth, but to seek it, find it, and live it. I always wondered, what is it in all of us that seeks the truth anyway? Is it our minds? Or is it our hearts? I like to think that it is our heart and souls that seek the truth."
" Today I have set out to prove a woman accused of murdering her husband in self defense, innocent, and to have her receive a fair trial because we are all equal in the eyes of the law. But that's not the truth- we aren't all equal in the eyes of the law. This is because the eyes of the law are human eyes, yours and mine, and until we can see each other as equals, the law will never express the truth to its full extent. It will simply be a reflection of our own prejudices and shortcomings."
" I would like to tell you all a story, and I want to ask you all to close your eyes while I am telling this story. I want you to listen to me and listen to yourselves. Now go ahead, close your eyes."
" I want to tell you a story about a young woman anxiously waiting for her husband one night when he's late home from work. Picture this woman pacing her home, nervously glancing at the clock every few minutes. The fear in her eyes, wondering what has happened to him, when suddenly the door swings open. She rushes over to him, worriedly scolding him for not calling, explaining how scared she was. His drunkenness is apparent immediately to her once she smells his rancid breath. She instantly questions his whereabouts, asking if he had been ok to drive home. The husb
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