Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law. (Charley Reese)

Some lawyers and judges may have forgotten it, but the purpose of the court system is to produce justice, not slavish obedience to the law.

Charley Reese

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