Delivering his closing speech as the trial reached a fourth month, Mr Harrington said separate strands of the prosecution case, such as CCTV footage and telephone records, when added together "became more compelling" - including information about a Volvo car.

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The bill of rights attached to the constitution of the newly formed United States of America in 1789 guaranteed free speech and a fair trial, but no right to be taught to read and write.

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In his speech from the dock during his trial, Emmet famously asked that his grave not be marked until Ireland was a sovereign nation, and the whereabouts of his body remain a mystery today.

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The BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says the civil trial result and American's constitutional freedom of speech rights have enabled people to openly say they believe Mr Simpson is a murderer.

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At his trial, he offers no defense, only a long speech explaining the simple rules by which he lives.

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Beginning his closing speech, Mr Altman said the three men on trial had told "a series of outrageous and outlandish lies" to try to escape their own words in the recordings.

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But it is not Geert Wilders who really is on trial here: it is, rather, that sacred principle of free speech on which democracy and the Enlightenment are born.

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