“ If it is found that his words agree, they open with (arguments for) acquittal. If one from among the witnesses says "I have something to say on acquittal" or one from among the students says "I have something to say on conviction," they silence them. If one from among the students says "I have something to say on acquittal," they raise him up and sit him among them and do not bring him down from there the whole day. If his words have substance, they listen to him. And even if he [the accused] says "I have something to say on acquittal," listen to him, but only if his words have substance. ”