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That reason is the necessity of guarding against the tyranny of the government.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “That reason is the necessity of guarding against the tyranny of the government.”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner highlights the importance of juries in preventing government tyranny through their judgment.
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They were even allowed to grant pardon to criminals, and to correct by their clemency the rigors of justice.
All those who are not forbidden by law may be judges (jurors).
It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.
The people considered their jurisprudence as a part of their inheritance.