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One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
Barrister
Judge
Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales
Politician
Mileham
Norfolk
Sir Edward Coke
Innocence
Guilty
Innocent
Threatens
Coke
Spares

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