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“Ma’s Justice” is episode 474 of the Gunsmoke radio series, originally aired on May 7, 1961. It’s a gripping tale of frontier morality and the hard-earned shift from vigilante justice to the rule of law.
The story centers on Ma Sale and her two sons, Reed and Jakey, who capture a pair of wild horses—only to be confronted by the Sloat family, who claim the horses as theirs. A violent confrontation follows: Reed is shot, and Ma, in a rare moment of fury, kills one of the Sloats in defense. As Marshal Dillon investigates, he finds a family torn between survival and justice. In a powerful closing moment, Ma insists on being arrested for the killing—not out of guilt, but to show her sons that justice must come through the law, not the gun.
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