The evidence is therefore conclusive that the phrase per judicium parian suorum means according to the sentence of his peers; thus implying hat the jury, and not the government, are to fix the sentence.
Spooner concludes that the phrase 'per judicium parium suorum' means that the jury, not the government, determines the sentence.
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