Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard both sides of the case. Now it is your turn to determine whether or not Brutus had a reason to be put to the same punishment as Cassius for the murder of Julius Caesar. Why would Brutus, a highly regarded man in Roman society, agree to murder someone, especially a ruler, under his own power? He wouldn’t. Brutus was plainly tricked into joining a group of conspirators plotting to kill Caesar. The “leader” of these conspirators, Cassius, wanted Brutus to join because of Brutus’s high stature in the society as a senate leader. Cassius believed that if Brutus joined, the people of Rome would not think of this as the horrible, vile act that is truly would become. As Caesar said, “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look.” Cassius even wrote a numerous amount of anonymous letters for Brutus describing how so many Roman citizens wanted Brutus as their ruler, not Caesar. Because of Cassius’s undying want of Brutus to join, Brutus asked himself and pondered whether or not to actually join this group who was planning such a disgusting act of violence. Brutus was tricked into thinking that what he would be doing would be what was best for his beloved Rome. Cassius wanted only the power and would do whatever it took to get Caesar off of the throne because he is a very evil-thinking man and, let’s face it, Caesar was very arrogant and did have the qualities of becoming a tyrant. Cassius explained, in vivid detail, how the group would slay Caesar. Cassius said that they would each stab him more than once and watch his blood flow out of his body. Once the evil deed was done, the conspirators rejoiced because of what they had done. Yet Brutus did not follow in this act. Rather, he felt like he had not done Rome the favor that he was told and thought he would be doing. During the march on Phillipi Brutus finally realized that he had done wrong and should never have joined these conspirators. He grasped the fact that he should have...