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I sometimes get out of balance. I'll end with this story.
我常失去平衡。我想用個故事結(jié)束我的演講。
I sometimes push too hard. I do get tired, as we all do.
我有時工作太多，很累，就像大家每個人一樣。
Sometimes those ideas get ahead of our thinking in ways that are important.
有時這些想法太多而思考跟不上，結(jié)果是很嚴重的。
And I've been representing these kids who have been sentenced to do these very harsh sentences.
我曾經(jīng)為這些孩子們辯護，他們被判了很重的刑。
And I go to the jail and I see my client who's 13 and 14, and he's been certified to stand trial as an adult.
我去管教所，看見我的被告都是十三四歲，他們被說成是成年人，作為成年人對待。
I start thinking, well, how did that happen? How can a judge turn you into something that you're not?
我開始想，到底是怎么一回事？一個法官，怎么能夠把一個人判定成一個不同的人？
And the judge has certified him as an adult, but I see this kid.
這個法官說他是成年人，但我只看見一個孩子。
And I was up too late one night and I starting thinking,
一天晚上我徹夜難眠，開始想，
well gosh, if the judge can turn you into something that you're not, the judge must have magic power.
天哪，如果法官能把你寫成另一個人，這個法官肯定有魔法。
Yeah, Bryan, the judge has some magic power. You should ask for some of that.
對了，布萊恩，這個法官有魔法，你可得學著點。
And because I was up too late, wasn't thinking real straight, I started working on a motion.
因為我睡得太晚，腦子不清楚，我開始做一個議案。
And I had a client who was 14 years old, a young, poor black kid.
我有個被告，十四歲，一個黑人小孩子。
And I started working on this motion, and the head of the motion was:
我開始做他的辯護，標題是：
"Motion to try my poor, 14-year-old black male client like a privileged, white 75-year-old corporate executive."
“提案：將我的十四歲的窮黑孩子，想成一個七十五歲的特級白人企業(yè)高管。”
And I put in my motion that there was prosecutorial misconduct and police misconduct and judicial misconduct.
在這個提案里，我說檢察院，警察局和法庭都處理不當。
There was a crazy line in there about how there's no conduct in this county, it's all misconduct.
說這個法院沒有合情合法這一說之類的瘋話，全是故意亂判。
And the next morning, I woke up and I thought, now did I dream that crazy motion, or did I actually write it?
第二天早上我醒來回想，我是做了個夢呢，還是真的寫了這個提案？
And to my horror, not only had I written it, but I had sent it to court.
恐怖的是，不光我真寫了，我還寄給法院了。
