Members of the Jury, Surely You Will Not Find Dr

Multiple Choice

Members of the jury, surely you will not find Dr. Costello liable for amputating the wrong leg of his patient. During four years of medical school this poor man groped and struggled just to get by. Unlike his fellow students, he had no rich parents to pay his way. And during residency he was forced to work 16-hour days, rising before dawn and slaving away long after sunset. And now this lawsuit. Nobody deserves to be treated this way.

A) Red herring.
B) No fallacy.
C) Missing the point.
D) Slippery slope.
E) Appeal to pity.