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Opening Statement To Kill Vivian Villanueva

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Manslaughter: “the taking of human life without premeditation” or while having no intent to kill another person, you did kill them and should be charged thuswise. The family of the person you killed as one less member because of you. And they would agree with me that if someone killed somebody, they should be charged for their actions. It may not have been on purpose, but beyond a reasonable doubt, Dannie DeLuca did kill Vivian Villanueva. When Dannie DeLuca crashed into Vivian Villanueva, he was committing manslaughter. There is no other way to put it. It doesn’t matter what you hear from the defence today, and you will hear a great many things. All that matters is that the defendant in this trial killed someone, and it …show more content…

They will say that Dannie is innocent. They will try to convince you that Dannie didn’t mean to crash or that Vivian Villanueva is to blame for the horrific events that occured on May 12. But I am here to tell you that their evidence is false. Just know that even though the road might have been dangerous, Dannie DeLuca killed an innocent woman, a woman who had done nothing wrong. They will try, try persuade you to believe that nothing is wrong. Nothing is wrong except for the fact that everyone got injured that night. Concussions and death are of course very serious, but there are more important consequences that occurred that night. Concussions won’t stay with you long and everyone gets over death eventually. Eventually people stop mourning lost loved ones, friends, and even enemies. Death is hard to overcome, but lost friendships are just as hard. Payton Piper, Aziz Atwood, and Dannie DeLuca, all present in the car on May 12, were friends for four years. They had classes together, the same interests, and contributed to the soccer team and the choir group at their school. Basically, they were inseparable. But one event changed all of this. They could have been friends till they grew old, could have been there at each others deathbeds,

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