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16n07
TIL that a school principal once made a student who'd gotten into trouble sit in the basement & read the U.S. Constitution as punishment. That student (who committed the Constitution to memory as a result) was Thurgood Marshall, who went on to become the first Black Supreme Court justice.
J1BDm
TIL in order to have a fair cross-section of a community, you cannot volunteer for jury duty.
gMR0D
TIL in U.S. criminal cases, more than 90% of defendants plead guilty rather than go to trial