Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
(sweeping gesture to jury)
I implore of you to use this time while I explain once and for all why my client is clearly innocent, to take a good look at Mr. Dorian Gray and ask yourself whether this is the face of a murderer, or the type of kind young gentleman that you would have tea with or go to the opera with.
Although I truly believe that just the charming attitude and looks of Mr. Gray should and are enough to prove his innocence, as someone who has come to know Mr. Gray closely I feel obligated to go above and beyond in defending him.
The most important and obvious defense on all three murders is the lack of evidence brought forth by the prosecution. If Basil Hallward is truly dead that show …show more content…
The prosecution has previously argued that Alan Campbell may have been blackmailed by Dorian or somehow forced into involvement in the murder of Basil Hallward. Of course, this is just rather ridiculous speculation and can be argued against with a simple look at Dorian Gray’s character as well as my previous explanation of why Dorian Gray had nothing to do with Basil Hallward’s disappearance. Like with Sibyl Vane’s suicide it is clear that this idea of Dorian Gray’s involvement was created and spread by the media purely because it makes a good scandal, but that is unfair to both parties. Dorian Gray was no longer even in contact with Alan Campbell. They had not been friends for years and there has been no plausible explanation for why that would change except for the one where it didn’t. Alan Campbell died because of suicide. “He had chosen to do it. It was nothing to do with (Dorian Gray).” (p. 163). And on the ridiculous idea that Alan Campbell was not the first to be driven to suicide by Dorian Gray I’d like to bring up the fact of Lord Henry, longest friend of my client, who is both very much alive, but also seems to have not been influenced at all by Dorian Gray. To say someone other than oneself could drive a man to suicide is to mock the troubled soul who brought the gun to his own
(sweeping gesture to jury)
I implore of you to use this time while I explain once and for all why my client is clearly innocent, to take a good look at Mr. Dorian Gray and ask yourself whether this is the face of a murderer, or the type of kind young gentleman that you would have tea with or go to the opera with.
Although I truly believe that just the charming attitude and looks of Mr. Gray should and are enough to prove his innocence, as someone who has come to know Mr. Gray closely I feel obligated to go above and beyond in defending him.
The most important and obvious defense on all three murders is the lack of evidence brought forth by the prosecution. If Basil Hallward is truly dead that show …show more content…
The prosecution has previously argued that Alan Campbell may have been blackmailed by Dorian or somehow forced into involvement in the murder of Basil Hallward. Of course, this is just rather ridiculous speculation and can be argued against with a simple look at Dorian Gray’s character as well as my previous explanation of why Dorian Gray had nothing to do with Basil Hallward’s disappearance. Like with Sibyl Vane’s suicide it is clear that this idea of Dorian Gray’s involvement was created and spread by the media purely because it makes a good scandal, but that is unfair to both parties. Dorian Gray was no longer even in contact with Alan Campbell. They had not been friends for years and there has been no plausible explanation for why that would change except for the one where it didn’t. Alan Campbell died because of suicide. “He had chosen to do it. It was nothing to do with (Dorian Gray).” (p. 163). And on the ridiculous idea that Alan Campbell was not the first to be driven to suicide by Dorian Gray I’d like to bring up the fact of Lord Henry, longest friend of my client, who is both very much alive, but also seems to have not been influenced at all by Dorian Gray. To say someone other than oneself could drive a man to suicide is to mock the troubled soul who brought the gun to his own