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Explain what the quote mean "What justice would there be to take this life?" Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this." Jefferson's defense attorney
Jefferson is compared to a hog during his trial. His lawyer down played him to make him seem worthless and stupid in order to make him seem innocent. Lawyer says he's just an African American who doesn't even know the size of his clothes and shoes. He is saying there is not any justice being served by taking the life of a hog.