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This Week in People’s History, Aug 13–19, 2025

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A formal portrait of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass’ Winning Oratorical Debut (1841), Setting the Standard for Jury Nullification (1670), “Free Joan Little!” Done That. (1975), A Dire Warning, Heeded Not (1975), VERY Late, But Never TOO Late (1920)

The Constitutional Right We Have Bargained Away

Carissa Byrne Hessick The Atlantic
Instead of protecting defendants’ right to have their guilt or innocence decided by their peers, judges routinely punish defendants for exercising that right.
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