FULL SCRIPTof CLOSING
By Atty N Kaufman lifted from More of Davao 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐘. 𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐒 𝐊𝐀𝐔𝐅𝐌𝐀𝐍: I went to that prison and I sat with him for an hour. I tried to engage him concerning the evidence and he lost the desire to follow me within less than a minute. I offered to show him excerpts of the confirmation proceedings, a few minutes of the deputy prosecutor, a few moments of Ms. Massiter and hoping, hoping that it might excite him a bit more, some of my own opening statement. He shook his head firmly. I implored him. I said, “Sir, look, look at what we are doing for you. We're doing our utmost to get you out of here.” But once again he politely declined and I asked him why. I said to him, “Sir, don't you understand? They accuse you of murder. They say that you murdered thousands when you were the mayor and when you were ruling your country.” And then he repeated the question that...