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And it is only since all the real power of juries has been destroyed, and they have become mere tools in the hands of legislators and judges, that they have become favorites with them.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner reflects on the decline of jury power and its implications for justice.
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It would be a solecism and absurdity in government to allow such consequences as these.
The will, or the pretended will, of the majority, is the last lurking place of tyranny at the present day.
And nobody is bound to take the least notice of them, unless it be to trample them under foot, as usurpations.
All other laws, it is optional with each man to obey, or not, as he may choose.