Yes it is very simple to understand that murder is a crime and in most cases it should be punishable by execution. It is also very easy to understand that my client George is the man that killed Lennie Small. However it is not easy to understand why he killed him and if it is considered murder. Thats right all killings are not murder they are not the same thing. Killing is the taking of a like but murder is the doing so out of hatred or out of personal gain. The state sentences people to death, it kills them but the state is not in itself a murderer. So what decides a killer from a murderer is the motive of reason for what they did.
The question then arises what was Georges motive for killing Lennie. What was this great reason for his actions that makes this a killing not a murder and in that not be able to be sentenced to jail. Well he has told us and it is up to you the members of the jury to determine if this is a valid reason for his actions. George and only George new exactly who Lennie was and what he has done in the past. This knowledge of Lennie allowed George before anyone else to know that it was Lennie who killed Curleys wife. Also since George knew Lennie so well he was able to know pretty much exactly what happened and why Lennie did what he did.
As so as everyone began demanding Lennies head George knew that they could not let them get to him because they would be vicious in the way that they killed him. He also was well away that if a group of people went after Lennie he would die in fear and may even try to take one of them with him. My client was such good friends with George that he couldnt let that happen to him. My client also had this over whelming sense of responsibility for Lennies actions so he felt that it was his duty to deal with Lennie.
All this shows that Georges motives were as pure as they could be to kill someone. The final reason that George should not be convicted of murder is the way in which he killed Lennie. My client didnt simply kill Lennie he did it in the most humane way that he could have. He didnt simply kill Lennie he made sure he was at piece of mind. Before taking Lennie out my client told him his favorite story. George let him know that one day they would have a farm together and he would in charge of all the soft little bunnies. He had Lennie thinking about how happy they would be one day so that when he died he was in the most peaceful state of mind possible.
Yes I have already said that my client is a killer but he is in no way a murderer. My client did not kill Lennie out of cold blood or for personal gain he did it as a sign of mercy and humanity. It was simply to but Lennie out of his misery much like you would with an old dog. My client was just doing the job that the state would have had to do only more humane because Lennie did not have to die scared. All this plus Georges love for Lennie shows that the only one who had even a small benefit out of this was Lennie. He was the one that was spared the suffering and he was the one that dies at piece and happy. Its very simple this was not a murder but a killing, a killing done for the best of reasons and for that my client can not be convicted of murder.
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