Lysander Spooner: “Consequently, the jury must find that he acted from a criminal motive, before they can declare him guilty.”

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

It was simply, that they would neither convict the innocent, nor acquit the guilty.

From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it.

One answer is, that this power, which juries have of judging of the law, is not a power of absolute decision in all cases.