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Nov. 1, 2009

Reel Law

?In our courts, all men are created equal. ... Now I am confident that you gentlemen will review, without passion, the evidence that you have heard ... and restore this man to his family. In the name of God, believe ... Tom Robinson.?

- Attorney Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck, left) defending his client (Brock Peters, right) in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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