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Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.
I plead for leniency. I understand that the road to redemption is going to be long for me.
He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.
