He's guilty of many things. He's guilty of knowing his father died in prison. He's guilty of having been reared in poverty.
13 seconds sound clip from the Knock on Any Door movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:33:36.147 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Your honor, there's something I'd like to say in behalf of the defendant.
- I believed because I wanted to believe.
- But... Nick Romano is guilty.
- He's guilty of the pool rooms and bars that were open to him as a boy.
- He's guilty of the foul treatment of a primitive reform school.
- Keep the boy and civilize the boyhood.
- This boy could've been exulted instead of degraded, student instead of savage.
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