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“Gentle us Reporters from all over the country have come to Eudora to see if our little town can rise above itself, rise above the customs and prejudices that have held sway down here

“But that’s not why I want you to deliver the verdict you know to be right: a verdict of guilty on all counts I don’t want you to do it because I think you should rise above your prejudices, whatever they may be Or because I want you to show the world that Mississippi is not a place where et aith their awful crimes

“I don’t want you to consider what the outside world thinks Who cares about them? I want you to think about your own soul, your own self, inside, where you live, when there is no one else around

“I hope that you will find these uilty, because it has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt that they are The only thing thatsuch a verdict is fear—fear that sohbors will think less of you if you send these guilty men, these murderers, to prison You must conquer that fear The people of this country are depending on you to prove yourselves worthy of the grave responsibility they have invested in you Show theht of justice is still shining”

I saw Jonah and LJ sht I saw the ghost of a smile on his face too Or maybe I just wanted to see it

I turned back to the jury

“There’s someone who said it better than I ever could And he said it in the first book of Samuel”

I recited from memory “For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart”

Noas Maxwell Lewis’s turn

Chapter 122

MAXWELL LEWIS’S SUMMATION to the jury:

“Eloquence like young Mr Corbett’s has rarely been heard in any courthouse in our nation,” he said

Then he turned to face the judge “Wouldn’t you say that’s right, Your Honor?”

This tiet on with it, Counselor”

I was anxious to see what tone Leould take now Would he appear as the hty Darrow? Would he try to play hu fire and bri wise advice?