Nuremberg, Mississippi

In 1965, in a small Mississippi town where order is prized and rules are followed without question, a man waits for a bus.

What happens next seems routine -- an arrest, a charge, a trial conducted according to the law. The paperwork is complete. The procedures are correct. The officials involved believe they are simply doing their jobs.

But beneath the surface of professionalism and politeness lies a deeper question: What happens when the law itself becomes the instrument of injustice?

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