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Derek William Bentley Defence Speech
High Judge, honourable jury, distinguished court members. The case for
the defence is this.
On the 2nd of November, two misunderstood, vulnerable, young men, were
accused of the accidental death of the late PC Miles, of the Z
Division. These children have got caught up in the grasp of society's
whirlwind of crime and destruction, and have not been able to escape
its hands. Society's breakdown has forced these boys into crime and
burglary, a crime that is not to be confused with such a thing as
murder. The dictionary definition for murder is this, 'the unlawful
killing of another human being'. A child could not plan such a thing
as murder. A child of below average intelligence could not plan such a
thing as murder. A child who was feeble-minded and of, below average
intelligence, such as Bentley, could not plan such a complex thing as
murder. These boys could not have planned it and are innocent.
Bentley is innocent and we should be able to forgive an innocent boy,
who was involved in the wrong crowd. Why can we not turn the other
cheek to a boy who caused no harm? Why can we not forgive and forget a
child who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong
person. Why do we have to carry out the inhumane act of brutally
hanging a young boy for something he did not do? Something he did not
want? Something he did not plan? If Derek Bentley is sentenced to be
hanged, we will only be showing him off as an example. An example that
an innocent child can be killed for something he did not commit. An
example of how heartless, merciless and savage the British and its
government have now become. Hanging Bentley will not change the world
around us that is full of crime and desolation. It will only prove how
unreasonable and unjust we are.
In order to show that we, the British, are just and reasonable, let's
clarify Bentley's innocence, and examine what exactly happened on that
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The moment we learn to forgive and love is when we can begin to recover and move on.
Justice and forgiveness are two topics that are interpreted differently by many people. Many people forgive, but many other people only seek justice. They can’t go hand-in-hand together though. People are not capable of forgiving while they also seek justice toward a person. Forgiveness is led by sorrow to a person while justice is revenge based. Many who seek justice can not resist the temptation of revenge but those who seek to forgive show strength by doing the right thing.
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