Mississippi Burning
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:18:20
The defendants will rise.
:18:25
In this country a man's home is his castle.
:18:29
That is one of the principles
by which this community survives.

:18:34
You men have done violence
to that principle.

:18:37
But I want you to know
that the court understands...

:18:40
...that the crimes you have committed
have been, to some extent at least...

:18:44
...brought about by... outside influences.
:18:56
Outsiders have come
into Jessup County...

:18:59
...and they've been
people of low morality...

:19:04
...and unhygienic.
:19:06
And their presence here
has provoked a lot of people.

:19:12
So the court understands...
:19:14
...without condoning them, mind you...
:19:18
...that the crimes to which
you men have pled guilty...

:19:21
...were, to some extent at least,
provoked by these outside influences.

:19:29
So, with all this,
I'm gonna make your punishment light.

:19:34
I'm gonna sentence you each
to five years' imprisonment.

:19:41
But I'm gonna suspend these sentences.

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