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Had the jury convicted on proper instructions it would be the end of the matter. But juries are not bound by what seems inescapable logic to judges.
Robert H. Jackson
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Robert H. Jackson
Age: 62 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 13
Died: 1954
Died: October 9
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Robert Houghwout Jackson
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Your job today tells me nothing of your future--your use of your leisure today tells me just what your tomorrow will be.
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But the validity of a doctrine does not depend on whose ox it gores.
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Not every defeat of authority is a gain for individual freedom, nor every judicial rescue of a convict a victory for liberty.
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