[marktwain]

If theft were punishable by the death penalty, people wouldn’t steal.

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If theft were punishable by the death penalty, people would refuse to convict. That is what happened in England when they instituted he rule you propose.

Jury nullification was a thing, even in England.

[Dr. Sivana]

Jury nullification was a thing, even in England.

Heck, it ORIGINATED in England. (Those crazy Quakers, 1670)

[meyer]

Not the death penalty, just death. Like people defending their own property. Like the old west.

But someone would probably complain about that too.....