Robertson a young lawyer who knew all about the law, but nothing about justice was a stagehand in the defence. ... Obscenity before the law required much more than something shocking and disgusting it required some seductive invitation to depravity. ... Robertson never at any stage questions the guilt of his clients, what he does questions is the morality and social efficacy of the death penalty. ...

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