1. Discuss the importance of Mose Wright in the trail and his testimony. Why is his testimony so important and also so frustrating to the outcome of the trial?
It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence, “well, if you decide later that you do know any of us tonight, you’ll never live to be sixty-five”.
2. Make a prediction- What if the men had only beaten, but not killed, Emmett. How might this have ended differently?
I don’t think it would of been such a big deal because he would still be alive and they wouldn’t of had the open casket funeral, it wouldn’t have been in newspapers or TV. It would never even gone to …show more content…
It was the murder of a boy”. The best lines in the whole, little speak is the two last sentences, on page 100 in the third paragraph, “ A man deal with a child accordingly as a child, not as a man to a man” and “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion”. The weakness in the closing argument is, maybe it’s because i'm reading it and not experiencing it, but I thought it was too drawn out, example on page 98, at the bottom, “ Chatham then reviewed all the evidence and testimony presented in the case, including the eyewitness testimony that showed beyond a doubt that bryant and Milam had kidnapped Emmett Till “. I guess I can see why he did that but if it was me, I wouldn’t want to hear all the testimonies, eyewitness testimony and evidence, again, I think that kind of weakened his closing
It was important because even though he was threatened, to be killed by the murders, he still told the jury what happened that night. It is frustrating because even though they had more than enough evidence and with Mose Wright's testimony, to put them in jail for life but they got off home free. Example on page 18, the first sentence, “well, if you decide later that you do know any of us tonight, you’ll never live to be sixty-five”.
2. Make a prediction- What if the men had only beaten, but not killed, Emmett. How might this have ended differently?
I don’t think it would of been such a big deal because he would still be alive and they wouldn’t of had the open casket funeral, it wouldn’t have been in newspapers or TV. It would never even gone to …show more content…
It was the murder of a boy”. The best lines in the whole, little speak is the two last sentences, on page 100 in the third paragraph, “ A man deal with a child accordingly as a child, not as a man to a man” and “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion”. The weakness in the closing argument is, maybe it’s because i'm reading it and not experiencing it, but I thought it was too drawn out, example on page 98, at the bottom, “ Chatham then reviewed all the evidence and testimony presented in the case, including the eyewitness testimony that showed beyond a doubt that bryant and Milam had kidnapped Emmett Till “. I guess I can see why he did that but if it was me, I wouldn’t want to hear all the testimonies, eyewitness testimony and evidence, again, I think that kind of weakened his closing