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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum: and Creatures of the Jury, I assert that so awful a crime deserves
death, and in the case of the ferocious criminal before you--who is
now washing her face--the death penalty should be inflicted nine times."
There was great applause when the speaker sat down. Then the Princess
spoke in a stern voice:
"Prisoner, what have you to say for yourself? Are you guilty,
or not guilty?"
"Why, that's for you to find out," replied Eureka. "If you can prove
I'm guilty, I'll be willing to die nine times, but a mind's eye is no
proof, because the Woggle-Bug has no mind to see with."
"Never mind, dear," said Dorothy.
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