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Quote from U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit,


"From now onwards the jury enters on a new phase of its history, and for the next three centuries it will exercise its power of veto on the use of the criminal law against political offenders who have succeeded in obtaining popular sympathy."


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U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit (more quotes by U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit or books by/about U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit)

Source:

U.S. v. Wilson, 629 F.2d 439, 443 (1980)

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Jury

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