“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supersedes all other courts,” said Mahatma Gandhi. Today, we have attended the hearing of Mary Maloney. Being her defense, I urge everyone to think with their mind and the facts that will be provided. As a recap of the events occurring and leading up to this hearing, Mary Maloney has been wrongfully charged, but charged nonetheless, for the death of her beloved husband, Patrick Maloney. He was stuck on the head with a large object that has not yet been identified. With extensive investigation, no suspect was found and the blame was pinned on the closest person, his wife, Mrs. Maloney. Mary Maloney is innocent because no evidence was found at the scene to find her guilty, she was physically unfit to commit this crime, and she had no mental or emotional reason to follow through with the blame pinned on her. …show more content…
A murder weapon was not detected and the entire house and the complex outside was searched. Nothing was found leading to a criminal, but the injury on Mr. Maloney's head showed a large, presumably metal, object was used to hit him. Now, the prosecutor may say Mrs. Maloney was the only one there to commit the crime, but as she told the police, the event occurred when she was at the grocery store. The grocer at the store, who is here with us, corroborated her statement, saying that he was the one giving her vegetables and everything was normal then. It is very easy to pin the blame on her, but there is no hard evidence to prove that Mary Maloney committed this crime. With no evidence or found weapon, it is clear that this cannot be used to prove Mrs. Maloney’s guilt, while it only enhances her