Mississippi Burning
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:17:34
The defendants will rise.
:17:40
In this country a man's home is his castle.
:17:44
That is one of the principles
by which this community survives.

:17:48
You men have done violence
to that principle.

:17:51
But I want you to know
that the court understands...

:17:54
...that the crimes you have committed
have been, to some extent at least...

:17:58
...brought about by... outside influences.
:18:10
Outsiders have come
into Jessup County...

:18:13
...and they've been
people of low morality...

:18:17
...and unhygienic.
:18:20
And their presence here
has provoked a lot of people.

:18:25
So the court understands...
:18:27
...without condoning them, mind you...
:18:31
...that the crimes to which
you men have pled guilty...

:18:34
...were, to some extent at least,
provoked by these outside influences.

:18:41
So, with all this,
I'm gonna make your punishment light.

:18:46
I'm gonna sentence you each
to five years' imprisonment.

:18:53
But I'm gonna suspend these sentences.

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