When I took this case, I believed Nick Romano was innocent. I believed what he told me, and I believed what those men, Butch and Sunshine, told me.

12 seconds sound clip from the Knock on Any Door movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:32:56.697 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Will the defendant rise? Do you understand the consequences of your attorney's request?

- Yes.

- The request is granted.

- The jury will not be recalled and a plea of guilty entered.

- I was on the jury.

- So was I.

- Is there any statement you wish to make before sentence is passed?

- Your honor, there's something I'd like to say in behalf of the defendant.

- When I took this case, I believed Nick Romano was innocent. I believed what he told me, and I believed what those men, Butch and Sunshine, told me.

- I believed because I wanted to believe.

- I wanted to believe that all the filth and fury and jumble of this boy's past had not produced a killer.

- But... Nick Romano is guilty.

- 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.

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