find the freedom
“But let us say he was not. What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this”*. All eyes were pointed to a poor black innocent boy who was accused killing three people. In the other side of the court, an old black woman sits and watches her grand son sadly. She might be the only person knows that her grand son cannot be a murder. But what makes she worry and upset is not losing her son; it is the thought of Jefferson being labeled a hog. She wants Jefferson to know that he is a man not a hog because it is the only way that he can find his freedom even in the moment of his death. “ I want a man go to death, not a hog”.” Gentlemen of the jury, look at this- this- this boy. I almost said man, but I can’t say man. Oh, sure, he has reached the age of twenty-one, when we
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Lou Grant, Cajun Louisiana, Miss Emma, Lou Grants, Grant Wiggins, miss emma saying, miss emma, emma saying, people south, teacher plantation, grand son,
Approximate Word count = 575
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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