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in chapter 8 of in the heat of the night, what does this statement signifies;''To the best of my knowledge, no one has suggested that the murderer is necessarily a *****''.

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That they are willing to suspend their prejudices to find the true killer even though they are in the deep south. The starred word that is not shown is in the book as 'negro'.