On the record
The mode of trial, if not as infamous as the trial itself, is at least so utterly false and absurd, as to add a new element of uncertainty to the result of all judicial proceedings.
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Lysander Spooner
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Spooner criticizes the absurdity of judicial procedures that undermine justice.
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