Gandhi must have organized his speech "Gandhi defends his beliefs" to begin and end with a statement of his own guilt because:
He was attempting to gain the judge's attention in order to explain the uniqueness of his case.
<h3>Who was Gandhi?</h3>
Mahatma Gandhi was a famous Indian leader that opposed the presence of the British government in India. So he sought to have his people released from slavery.
When Gandhi started his speech in the unusual manner of accepting his guilt, he wanted to gain the attention of the judge.