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If, on
the other hand, he is believed to be laying a just charge, and if he proves the
accused guilty of murder, even then he has no power over the convicted criminal;
only the laws and the appointed officers have power over the man for punishment.
The prosecutor is permitted to see him suffering the penalty awarded by law, and
that is all. Such are the prosecutor's rights. As for the defendant, the rules
for his oath are the same, but he is free to withdraw after making his first
speech, and neither the prosecutor, nor the judges, nor any other man, has
authority to stop him.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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