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Welcome gentlemen of the jury, I am here to prove why the accused is guilty for murdering an innocent victim. At the time of the crime scene there were two witnesses who claim that the accused murdered the victim. One of the witnesses was an old man that lived above the accused apartment who heard the victim and the accused arguing, the second witness who lived across the street was an old lady who saw the victim get attacked by the accused with a knife. The weapon that the accused used to attack the victim at the time was called a ‘switch knife’, the evidence I will be proving today is why the accused is guilty for his taken actions he did to the victim.

To begin with, the accused has had a past criminal life. He has had numerous criminal records, those previous life records prove that he is claimed very violent. The criminal record information includes stealing, attempting murders, jailed, expelled and has been in knife fights. His violent actions may prove that he innocently murdered the victim for no reasonable doubt, only murdered because of his violent ways and because how he grew up in such an abused life that he is probably so use to killing people. Can’t you already tell how violent he is? He has criminal records and he is a murderer. There were already two witnesses who saw the accused murder the victim, isn’t that enough evidence to prove that he is guilty? He grew up in an awful life; he murders people and has no hard feelings about anyone. What evidence proves that he is innocent? All I know is that the accused murdered the victim in such a terrifying way, even the two witnesses never claimed anything about the accused being innocent.

Moving on, why did the accused have a knife in the first place? Obviously he is violent. So does that mean he has to carry a knife everywhere he goes? By the way, who would buy such an expensive knife just to murder someone? Although it is America, but why would anyone murder their own father in

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