Lysander Spooner: “If the government can select the jurors, it will, of course, select…”

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If the government can select the jurors, it will, of course, select those whom it supposes will be favorable to its enactments.

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Lysander Spooner

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This quote suggests that if the government can choose jurors, it will favor those who support its laws.

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From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.

And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

Lysander Spooner: “If the government can select the jurors, it will, of course, select those whom it supposes will be favorable to its…”