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A jury, then, in judging whether an accused person knew his act to be illegal, were bound first to use their own judgments, as to whether the act were intrinsically criminal.
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Lysander Spooner
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He highlights that juries must use their judgment to assess whether an accused person recognized their act as illegal.
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