… He didn’t have to testify but you couldn’t stop him,” said Kelly. “This is his day in court.”
By 12 p.m., the veteran defense lawyer Fawer rose to finish the closing argument, saying he believes his job is a noble calling.
Fawer is Wells’ court-appointed lawyer, selected by the public-defender program last year, after Wells fired his paid attorney and announced he was indigent.
“To some of you, perhaps I have seemed too fervent in defense of Tyrone Wells,” said Fawer.”If so, I plead guilty. He is entitled to every ounce of my inner passion and my ability.”
Fawer said, “This is a battlefield, it is not a dancehall. When lies and distortions of truth are wafted through the courtroom by the prosecutors, it is our obligation to rip holes in it.” 
Wells isn’t in court today to defend his past prostitution, Fawer said.

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