The lawyer stood in front of the jury, slowly shaking his head.
"Forgive my frankness, but the reason we are here today is not because a dog has died, but because our pure, upright, and loving Miss Purple Summers Simonson happened to encounter a pitiful 80-year-old woman who had lost her beloved pet. Her sympathy was uncontrollable, and so we are here to judge a human being over an animal!"
"Please take a look at my client." The lawyer strode over to the defendant. "Here is a fine young man. He has parents, a wife, friends. He is kind to others, responsible at work, and he is about to get a promotion and a pay raise. His life will get better and better, and perhaps he'll no longer need to drown his sorrows in drink. But now, are we going to ruin his life over a dog?"
The lawyer reiterated one last time: "No matter how emotionally charged the prosecution's statements are, we must soberly recognize that it was a dog, an animal, nothing more!"
