I think that one of the reasons our system was designed the way it was with the jury system there to protect individuals is because the experience of the Founding Fathers was that the Governors could be corrupted.
Sheldon Whitehouse: “I think that one of the reasons our system was designed the way it was with the jury system there to protect individuals…”
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Whitehouse discusses the importance of the jury system in protecting individuals from corruption.
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