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Because unusual mystery and secrecy in our judicial proceedings must tend either to discredit the acquittal of the prisoner, or render the justice of his condemnation doubtful.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke argues that secrecy in judicial proceedings can undermine the credibility of justice.
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