But then, well, what could she possibly say in her own defense?

What was I going to say in my own defense?

The Court is now ready to receive whatever you may have to say in your own defense.

Have you anything more to say in your own defense?

Neither of us had anything to say in our defense.

"You have offered me the opportunity of saying a word in my own defense," he went on.

We were pretty shaken by his story, is all I can say in our defense.

"I have nothing to say in my defense," she said.

There wasn't much he could say in his own defense.

It's the only thing I can say in her defense.