The Soiled Dove Plea was a speech delivered by the attorney Temple Lea Houston on behalf of a hopelessly guilty prostitute, Minnie Stacey, in 1899 in Woodward, Oklahoma, considered by many trial attorneys to be the perfect closing argument.
The Soiled Dove Plea was a speech. This speech was delivered by the attorney Temple Lea Houston on behalf of a hopelessly guilty prostitute in 1899 in Woodward, Oklahoma. Temple Lea Houston on behalf of a hopelessly guilty prostitute in 1899 was considered by many trial attorneys. This was to be the perfect closing argument. Temple Lea Houston on behalf of a hopelessly guilty prostitute was Minnie Stacey.