Personal Narrative: The Jury

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“I didn’t kill her.” Tom pleaded with the judge with all his body and soul.
“Jury, my client has pleaded with you end on end” as he started to sweat like a pig and in addition “He didn’t kill the victim”.
“Witness’s to the podium please (The Jury whacks the hammer with hatred), please proceed.

“It all started like this…. (flash back)” as he started to either tell the truth or furthermore tell the most colossal lie of his life.
“I was making out with Kate when all of a sudden, a figure burst into the room with my heart about to implode. He was wielding a razor-sharp knife in his hand and we started to shriek and become hysteric, when he came at us, he fatally stabbed Kate in her pasty neck where blood was spurting everywhere and not to mention the deplorable criminal narrowly missing my impoverished heart”.
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He was the sole individual there.” As he starts pulling his collar a bit wider. “Mr. Lawyer, let me emphasize that there was DNA evidence of Tom in the room.” As more fury starts filling the air. “Well, of course there was and as a matter of the fact, he does live there.” Standing up to the most ignorant person in the room according to him. “I have no choice; the evidence is there. Tom you will receive the death penalty as a result of the murder of Kate in one week except in the event that you find evidence verifying his

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