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Quote from U.S. Supreme Court,


"[The] purpose of a jury is to . . . make available the common sense judgment of the community as a hedge against the overzealous or mistaken prosecutor and in preference to the professional or perhaps over conditioned or biased response of a judge."


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U.S. Supreme Court (more quotes by U.S. Supreme Court or books by/about U.S. Supreme Court)

Source:

Taylor v. Louisiana, 419 U.S. 522, 530 (1975)

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Jury

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