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Gentlemen Of The Jury Defense
Gentlemen of the jury, considering the evidence given before you, it would be immoral to let this murderer walk free. Mr bromden; a six foot eight, concrete build of a man, trained to kill, with a history of violence was a modern day con-man . A manipulative liar who faked his own deafness and dumbess to the authorities that swore to protect him for eight years. It is beyond reasonable doubt gentlemen of the jury, that this man had the capabilities and the disregard for the law to carry out such a premeditated, cold-blooded murder.

The defence would have you believe that an ‘insane’ man such as bromden doesn not have the mental capacity to carefully plan a murder such as the one carried out on Mr Mcmurphy. The same man who deceived the very

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