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It is because the law cannot know with infallible certainty, beforehand, who is a murderer, that it provides the trial by jury to determine the question.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It is because the law cannot know with infallible certainty, beforehand, who is a murderer, that it provides the trial…”
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Mann argues that the law requires a trial by jury because it cannot determine guilt with absolute certainty.
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