Lennie Small Trial Essay

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, we are here for the trial of George Milton. George Milton is on trial for first degree murder of Lennie Small. Lennie Small was a strong young man that seemed to have trouble with memorizing and comprehending. George Milton shot Lennie Small. Lennie Small had murdered a co-workers wife, by breaking her neck. I am here today to defend George Milton, the suspect. I will prove he is not guilty of the first degree murder of Lennie Smalls.
Many interviews of George Milton co-workers state that George was attempting to stop a man, Lennie Small, from hurting anyone else. This was the second charge on Lennie Small, the first was in the town Weed, where Lennie was accused of rape. The second charge was the murder of Curly’s wife, “And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror. He shook her then, and he was angry with her. ‘Dont’t you go yellin’, he said, and shook her: and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” (91). This is one reason why Lennie Small needed to be secured/killed. George Milton , was protecting his co-workers and the community.

‘The nigger got a shotgun. You take it, carlson. When you see ‘um, don’t give ‘im no chance, shoot for his guts. That’ll double ‘im over.” (97). Possession of a weapon made Lennie Small armed and dangerous. The record indicates that they would have most likely been shot or killed if they approached Lennie Small. George had known Lennie for many years, therefore did not alarm Lennie when he approached, but became aggressive towards George when he asked about Curley's wife. George took the gun from Lennie and shot him out of self-defense. Lennie had died in seconds, this is a second reason why George Milton is not guilty of first degree murder. George was simply defending