![]() It is a sad fact that in American society, a large number of people are murdered each year. And of course, it's important for us to understand that. Now, in this case-and this is a homicide case and a very, very, very serious case. People see things that are totally cynical. I mention those two definitions to you because I felt that much of what we heard yesterday and again this morning was mere speculation. And to speculate-to speculate, to engage in conjecture and to surmise or-is to take to be the truth on the basis of insufficient evidence. "Cynical" is described as contemptuously distrustful of human nature and motives, gloomy distrustful view of life. The two words were "Speculative" and "Cynical." Let me see if I can get those words that she got for me.Īnd I want you to tell me what does it mean to speculate, what does it mean to be cynical, as I thought about my colleagues' arguments and their approach to this case and their view of this case. And I want to-I asked my wife this morning to get the dictionary out and look up two words. ![]() Now, last night, as I thought about the arguments of my colleagues, two words came to mind. So that's another reason why we are proud to represent this man who's maintained his innocence and who has conducted himself with dignity throughout these proceedings. ![]() Have you ever in your life been falsely accused of something? Have you ever been falsely accused? Ever had to sit there and take it and watch the proceedings and wait and wait and wait, all the while knowing that you didn't do it? All you could do during such a process is to really maintain your dignity isn't that correct? Knowing that you were innocent, but maintaining your dignity and remembering always that all you're left with after a crisis is your conduct during. And you are the ones who are empowered to determine what is the right thing. And together, hopefully these discussions are going to be helpful to you in trying to arrive at a decision in this case where you don't compromise, where you don't do violence to your conscious (sic), but you do the right thing. I don't agree with much of what they said, but I listened intently, as I hope you'll do with me. Darden on what I thought were fine arguments yesterday. I'd like to comment and to compliment Miss Clark and Mr. With a jury such as this, we hope we can do that in this particular case. We haven't reached this goal yet, but certainly in this great country of ours, we're trying. It's an ideal worth striving for and one that we still strive for. He said shortly after the slaves were freed, quote, "In a composite nation like ours as before the law, there should be no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no white, no black, but common country, common citizenship, equal rights and a common destiny." This marvelous statement was made more than 100 years ago. One of my favorite people in history is the great Frederick Douglas. You are empowered to ensure that this great system of ours works. Ultimately, it's what you determine to be the facts is what's going to be important, and all of us can live with that. What I'm going to do is to try and discuss the reasonable inferences which I feel can be drawn from this evidence. Orenthal James Simpson, is now afforded an opportunity to argue the case, if you will, but I'm not going to argue with you, ladies and gentlemen.
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