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Thomas Jefferson Quotes:

Ocupation: 3rd U.S. President

Life: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826

Birthday: April 13

Death: July 4

If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the judges may be suspected of bias, the jury undertake to decide both law and fact.

- Thomas Jefferson

source: Thomas Jefferson (2010). “The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786”, p.37, Cosimo, Inc.

topic: Law, Judging, Justice, Jury, Judge And Jury, Jury Duty, Nullification

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