I submit that this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion. That at least could be understood, if not condoned.
8 seconds sound clip from the The Shawshank Redemption movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:39 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- And most of all, we have a beautiful young woman and her lover, lying dead in each other's arms.
- They had sinned. But was their crime so great as to merit a death sentence?
- Now, while you think about that. Think about this.
- A revolver holds six bullets. Not eight.
- No. This was revenge of a much more brutal and cold-blooded nature.
- Consider this. Four bullets per victim. Not six shots fired, but eight.
- An extra bullet per lover. Right in the head.
- You strike me as a particularly icy and remorseless man. It chills my blood just to look at you.
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