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Upon reading about the life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia in the 1700s, it is plain to observe that government of that day was so much more intelligent than ours today.

According to the novel written by Robert Massie, Catherine, attempting to revise the laws in effect at the time, said, “Judges must judge according to the letter of the law because this is the only way of ensuring that the same crime is judged the same way in all places at all times.

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Stan Hinkley

Upon reading about the life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia in the 1700s, it is plain to observe that government of that day was so much more intelligent than ours today.

According to the novel written by Robert Massie, Catherine, attempting to revise the laws in effect at the time, said, “Judges must judge according to the letter of the law because this is the only way of ensuring that the same crime is judged the same way in all places at all times.

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