On the record
THE trial by jury must, if possible, be construed to be such that a man can rightfully sit in a jury, and unite with his fellows in giving judgment.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner emphasizes the importance of jurors being able to participate meaningfully in the judgment process.
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And he can rightfully be held to no greater knowledge of the law than this.
Juries would refuse to enforce a tax against a man who had never agreed to pay it.
All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
They are every day committing errors, which would be crimes, but for their ignorance of the law.