Increasingly, convictions everywhere are being set aside due to factual innocence being proven, generally by DNA testing, after the innocent person has been jailed for many, many years, ripped from his family, and his property and livelihood stolen from him. Overzealous government and irresponsible jurors are to blame. The Framers expected jurors to stand with individuals and against government. Increasingly however jurors side with government oppressors and become part of the oppression. Why?
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