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Sara Martin Ruby 2-1-08  **__ And Then There Was...........Just One. __**   I, Justice Wargrave, do not get why I am being put on trial. I haven't done anything wrong. I simply did what was meant to be. Those people deserved what they got. They all committed a serious crime, and they needed to get what was coming for them. I believe that murder is an art. I only killed them because they didn't get sentenced. They needed to be sentenced to death, and I made sure of that. I cannot change what I have done. They are dead and gone. The only thing that has happened here is justice. This was not a tragedy, but simply justice being served the way it should have been served. I am only trying to do the right thing, your honor. Why would you sentence an innocent man who was just trying to do the right thing to keep others safe? All of those people gave themselves the death penalty. If they had not committed the crime they did, they could still be alive. Alas, they committed a serious crime, and are now dead because of me. Let’s talk about Tony Marston. He ran the poor little Combes' children over. How can anyone kill two little kids and live with the guilt! He needed to have the same fate those poor children had. Let’s go to Philip Lombard. He led a whole African Tribe to their death. The tribe thought that Lombard was their friend, so they trusted him. Little did they know that Lombard was just going to desert them, take all the food, and leave them to starve to death! Only a sick man would do such a thing to another man. Now, how about Miss Brent? Poor, sweet innocent Emily Brent. She kept her cool Martin, Pg. 2 throughout this whole thing. Almost like she knew she was going to die, and didn't bother trying to stop it. She made the girl kill herself. She made the girl jump into the river. That, my friends, is murder to me. Now, what about the others, you ask? Again, they did the same thing, and they needed to be stopped. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers ‘accidentally’ let a woman die. General MacArthur sent a man on a mission that he knew he wasn’t going to come back alive. Dr. Armstrong killed a man on the operating table because he was drunk! William Blore put a man in jail who killed himself. Sounds just like Miss Brent... Next is Vera Claythorne. She let a little boy drown out in the ocean just to get a guy! I’m telling you your honor; you should have sentenced all these people. They are nothing but murderers. You ask why I did it. Well, simple answer is because you didn’t. Now, I still cannot understand why I should be punished for doing something that you should have done when these crimes happened. If you didn't let them go, you would have put the death penalty on them. Of course, you did not do what was right, so you willingly gave me the job without yourselves knowing what you had done. You let nine murderers out on the loose. You knew what they had done, yet you didn't punish them. Now, I simply just finished what you started. So, by only doing what was right in the Court of Law, why should I be sentenced to death, or spend the rest of my life in jail? You gave me to job, really. You didn't sentence them. You let them be free when really; they should have been convicted for killing innocent people. Now when you didn't sentence them, I knew that justice had to be served...in one way or another. I chose to easiest and most reliable method that would make this the ultimate murder in history. Unfortunately, my end to the Martin, Pg. 3 plan did not go too well, and I am now here before you. Even if then end had worked, I still would not regret what I have done. Really, it’s your fault they are dead. Next time you should think twice before you let nine murderers go off free into the world. Your Honor, I will admit that I did not enjoy doing this act. I only did it for everyone’s protection. Who knows what these 9 people could have done to someone else! There is one thing I want to make clear. I will admit that //I// killed seven of those nine people. Vera Claythorne killed Lombard, and then she went and killed herself. So in all I killed 7, not all 9. Still, I did what I thought was right to this world. Just look at Vera Claythorne. She killed two people! Just think of how many more she could have killed if I didn’t do anything about it! I don’t think I should be tried for something that I did to help this world. They were dangerous and deserved what they got. Like I always say, Your Honor, ‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.’

//** Bibliography ~ **// Christie, Agatha. __And Then There Were None__. New York, NY : St. Martin ’s Press, 1939, 1940, & 1966.