Crime and Punishment
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 7, 2007
Closed Dec 2, 2007
Opened Nov 7, 2007
Closed Dec 2, 2007
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A poor student commits a brutal murder in order to prove a theory. Relentlessly pursued by a wily policeman, he seeks refuge with his only confidant who is a young woman forced into prostitution by desperate circumstances. Slowly, his theory begins to crumble and he must choose whether or not to face the horror of his crime.
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