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A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference, Greenwood Pub Group
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A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor. ✨ Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference, Greenwood Pub Group

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