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Why, then, is it, that they strike down this right, without ceremony, and without compunction, whenever they are commanded to do so by the lawmakers?
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Lysander Spooner
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He questions the lack of hesitation lawmakers show when infringing on individual rights.
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In nearly or quite all the States of the United States the juries are illegal, for one or the other of the same reasons that make the juries in England illegal.
That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.