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Execute Justice
and Righteousness in the Land
You have listened with a great deal of patience and kindness and consideration
ot the State and the defense. I am not going to trespass unduly upon Your
Honor's time, and I am going to close for the State.
I believe that the facts and circumstances proved in this case demonstrate
that a crime has been committed by these two defendants, and that no other
punishment except the extreme penalty of the law will fit it; and I leave
the case with you on behalf of the State of Illinois, and I ask Your Honor
in the language of Holy Writ to "Execute justice and righteousness in the
land."