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In short, if the laws of the king had been binding upon juries, there is no robbery, vengeance, or oppression, which he could not have accomplished through the judgments of juries.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner claims that the king could achieve any form of injustice if juries were bound by his laws.
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