Good morning ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, I would like to first thank you all for deliberating in the trial for the past two months. These charges should not have been brought against George Milton. Would you consider someone guilty if they killed someone for the right reason, or to not see their best friend in so much pain and in so much danger? Ladies and Gentlemen, I hope that you all find my client, George Milton, not guilty of all charges brought against him and give him the opportunity to explain what had happened that night. Death is a saddening thing that happens every day to millions of people. It can be caused by natural causes, homicide, suicide, accidental, and, in most cases, unidentified or unknown. Lennie Small’s death …show more content…
George Milton, as you all know, did not plan this killing beforehand. Lennie had killed Mrs. Georgia Haven unsuspectingly, which caused George to worry for Lennie. A few weeks ago, George revealed that they had a place where Lennie would go if he ever got into any trouble. It was a small area by a stream. Lennie, being so afraid not to be able to raise bunnies with George, kept on asking him if he hated him. George replied, “No Lennie. I don’t hate you.” At that moment, George pulled the trigger. I called Mr. Curley Haven to the stand only one week ago, and he has stated that he threatened Lennie for laughing at him only months ago. “My wife was my everything. She was from a small town. She was someone I can never find again.” From Mr. Milton’s friends, it has been said that she is a Tramp. Mr. Curley Haven was the son of George and Lennie’s boss, so he intimidated Lennie. George told Lennie to stay away from him and Mrs. Georgia, and Lennie did for an amount of time. While the boys on the farm were throwing horse shoes, Lennie was in the barn, hugging a dead puppy that he accidentally