Lysander Spooner: “Jurors ought to refuse to decide a cause at all, except upon the assurance that all the evidence, necessary to a full…”

One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.

It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.

It is also sheer impudence, on their part, to assume that their commands are at all necessary to teach other men what is, and what is not, justice.

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