Slave Trial Speech

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I’d like to thank everyone for your attention and your time today. I’m Danius Romulus and I will be speaking on behalf of this slave, Max. This is Ariana, my witness; she will also be speaking on Max’s behalf. Max, being a slave, cold be looked down to by some because of his lack of social status, but the law does not favor anyone above another, neither should the jury, neither should the judge.
Recently my client was injured in a public square while being shaved by a barber, who is with us today. Two others, who are also present, were carelessly playing with a ball nearby. One of them failed to catch a throw from the other, causing the ball to hit the inattentive barber who had evidently failed to notice the ball, in the hand. The razor cut

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