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Law, 22.05.2020 06:05 Sillydork7853

The situation below was created using the feature, You Be the Defense Attorney, from the course textbook, Criminal Justice in Action, Seventh Edition.

You are the defense attorney. Use the set of facts below to write a closing argument.

Your client is Daniel, a 23-year-old member of a violent Los Angeles street gang. Daniel is charged with the first degree murder of Christopher, his best friend and fellow gang member. Christopher was killed because other gang members believed he had "snitched" about their criminal activity. According to prosecutors, Daniel lured Christopher to a garage, where other gang members hit him in the head with a shotgun and then stabbed him more than sixty times. During the trial, Jose, the prosecution's main witness, who admitted taking part in the stabbing while high on methamphetamine, testified that Daniel kicked Christopher's dead body. In her opening statement, the prosecutor told the jury that even though your client did not stab Christopher, he was just as guilty of murder as those who did.

To find a defendant guilty, a jury must find beyond a reasonable doubt that he or she committed the crime. For Daniel to be guilty of first degree murder, the prosecution must prove that he acted with "malice aforethought" in luring Christopher to his death in the garage.

As a defense attorney, your job is to create reasonable doubt in the jurors' minds about Daniel's intent to lure Christopher to his death. Besides the facts presented above, other important details about this case include the following: 1) Jose, the prosecution's main witness, was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter in return for his testimony against Daniel, and 2) Jose was dating Christopher's sister at the time of the murder.

What final argument will you make before the jury to create reasonable doubt?(please help me)

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