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The Protests in Hong Kong and the Value of a Jury of Peers

The Protests in Hong Kong and the Value of a Jury of Peers
Protesters hold up Chinese signs that read “Children Are Not Rioters” in a march in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019. Yu Gang/The Epoch Times
Ronald J. Rychlak
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The people of Hong Kong just obtained a temporary reprieve from Beijing’s assault on their autonomy. The issue of the day was a controversial extradition bill that would require certain defendants to be sent to mainland China for trial. The people of Hong Kong fought hard against it.

Ronald J. Rychlak
Ronald J. Rychlak
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Ronald J. Rychlak is the Jamie L. Whitten chair in law and government at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of several books, including “Hitler, the War, and the Pope,” “Disinformation” (co-authored with Ion Mihai Pacepa), and “The Persecution and Genocide of Christians in the Middle East” (co-edited with Jane Adolphe).
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