At the same time, when faced with such questions as to "how could I degrade myself in such a manner as to defend man who was "clearly guilty" I used to think that in many ways that they missed the point. ... I had been hopeful that in a court of law, truth would be the only standard and was disappointed when prejudice was allowed to get in the way of that and to me, that trial was indeed that hunter aiming and in the end shooting, one of the most innocent of creatures - a Mockingbird. ...

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