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A species of Common Law has grown up in Kentucky, which, were it written down, would, in all civilized countries, cause it to be re-christened, in derision, the Land of Blood.
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Sumner describes a violent legal culture in Kentucky, suggesting it would be ridiculed if formally documented.
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