But, young man, although this court is convinced that to declare you guilty would have been a gross miscarriage of justice, we cannot condone your acts.

13 seconds sound clip from the Reefer Madness (1936) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:03:26 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Sign here, please.

- You shall be brought into court on Thursday, the 17th, when sentence will be pronounced.

- Meanwhile, you will be held as a material witness in the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.

- We have come in the hearings before this court today to what I hope will be the final actions revolving about an unhappy and unfortunate case, one whose horrible tragedy will forever remain with me.

- I am happy to have been enabled, before it was too late, to order the verdict of the jury in the case of the People versus William Harper to be set aside.

- But, young man, although this court is convinced that to declare you guilty would have been a gross miscarriage of justice, we cannot condone your acts.

- And we can express only the hope that your experiences may not alone keep you, but thousands of others, from the vicious pitfalls of marihuana.

- Thus, I am ordering you to remain in this court during the next case, so that you will be obliged to witness what you yourself so narrowly escaped.

- Call the case of the People versus Ralph Wiley.

- Bill...

- Bill...

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