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we raise our right hand when we are sworn-in because convicts who previously recieved leniency from the court were branded on their hands so that they wouldn t receive it again

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Fun Fact: we raise our right hand when we are sworn-in because convicts who previously recieved leniency from the court were branded on their hands so that they wouldn’t receive it again

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