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Forgiveness can pair with justice, contrary to what some believe. While justice requires punishment, forgiveness allows one to be set free from anger and hatred. This was seen in the case of Anthony Ray Hinton, who was wrongly imprisoned for 30 years but learned to forgive his captors. The speaker also experienced the transformative power of forgiveness after a traumatic event, realizing that harboring anger only weighed them down. Forgiveness makes one stronger by allowing them to move forward, as justice and forgiveness can work together rather than be opposites.

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Justice Monologue Speech Script

Forgiveness can pair with justice, contrary to what some believe. While justice requires punishment, forgiveness allows one to be set free from anger and hatred. This was seen in the case of Anthony Ray Hinton, who was wrongly imprisoned for 30 years but learned to forgive his captors. The speaker also experienced the transformative power of forgiveness after a traumatic event, realizing that harboring anger only weighed them down. Forgiveness makes one stronger by allowing them to move forward, as justice and forgiveness can work together rather than be opposites.

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Justice Monologue Speech Script

Abbey
Justice can be defined as many different things. For some it could mean law and order, judge and jury,
trial and error. Forgiveness is not something that people would think could pair with justice as some
would say that it is the opposite of justice. In the Dalai Lama’s words “For many, it seems, there is a
conflict between the principle of compassion, which implies forgiveness and the exercise of justice
which requires punishment for wrongdoing.” Some people believe you cannot exercise justice while also
implying forgiveness to the perpetrator. That forgiving someone who has done the unforgivable does
not make you a better person and can be seen as weakness or mercy when in truth it can set you free.

In the film ​True Justice​, Bryan Stevenson helped a man named Anthony Ray Hinton who, when he was
29 years old, was arrested for supposedly robbing a restaurant manager and then shooting him. The
police had no evidence that it was Anthony but nonetheless he was sentenced to death.He spent 30
years in a cell losing moments that he could have been with his family. Right before his release he stated
“I can’t hate people, I don’t want to stay in a prison when I leave here. It’s gonna be hard but I think I’ve
actually decided that I’m going to forgive” He also said “Nobody in the state of Alabama, governor,
lieutenant governor, senators have had the decency to say Mr. Hinton we’re sorry" Instead of having
that drive him towards hatred he simply learned to forgive and with that he was set free of the horrific
past life and could start a new one to where he could live in peace and not have this weight of anger
holding him down.

I have experienced this in my own life, in sophomore year of high school I was struck with a life changing
event. A certain person caused me lots of pain and that fueled my anger and hatred towards that
person. I vowed to myself not to ever forgive this person for what they did, but with that the weight of
hatred started getting stronger and heavier. I felt like I couldn't breathe until I found some guidance
from someone and with that guidance I learned that forgiveness is not a weakness but it makes you into
a stronger person. With that I slowly learned to forgive and that weight started to become less and less
heavy. I would be set free and move towards a new chapter of my life, I think that our government
should learn that forgiveness and justice can work hand in hand.

Reflection:
I thought that everyone did an amazing job with their speeches, every one had a topic that was
intriguing while also connecting to the world that we live in today. It was definitely not surprising that
all of us went over time but I tend to think that is a good thing. I especially enjoyed Billie’s because it
brought awareness to the fact that justice has been changed over the years but in the end it still always
has the same goal. I think that i should definitely practice next time just so that my eyes aren’t always
glued to the paper and looking out towards my fellow classmates.

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