I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of c…

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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1816-1828, p.342
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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1816-1828, p.342

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