Lysander Spooner: “If the government dictate the standard of trial, it of course dictates…”

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If the government dictate the standard of trial, it of course dictates the results of the trial.

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Lysander Spooner

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Spooner emphasizes the influence of government on the judicial process, suggesting that it undermines the fairness of trials.

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

Why should they not have such an administration of justice as they desire, and can understand?

The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.

Any restriction upon the exercise of this right is a restriction upon his rightful power of providing for, and accomplishing, his own well-being.

Lysander Spooner: “If the government dictate the standard of trial, it of course dictates the results of the trial.”