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*[[Stephen]], the first martyr
*[[Stephen]], the first martyr
*[[Henry Morgentaler]], an ordinary doctor and Holocaust survivor, could not stand to see the suffering caused by Canada's abortion laws and singlehandedly forced a change in the law and an amendment to Canada's constitution. The [[Morgentaler Amendment]] prohibits judges in appeal courts from overturning jury acquittals. (In repeated trials brought by the Quebec government, no jury would convict Morgentaler when they realized the suffering that anti-abortion laws were causing to real, ordinary people.)
*[[Henry Morgentaler]], an ordinary doctor and Holocaust survivor, could not stand to see the suffering caused by Canada's abortion laws and singlehandedly forced a change in the law and an amendment to Canada's constitution. The [[Morgentaler Amendment]] prohibits judges in appeal courts from overturning jury acquittals. (In repeated trials brought by the Quebec government, no jury would convict Morgentaler when they realized the suffering that anti-abortion laws were causing to real, ordinary people.)
*[[Mohandas Gandhi]] mobilized ordinary people to break unjust laws and to peacefully oppose the Imperial British Government in [[India]], bringing the British Government to grant India its independence.
=== Political examples ===
=== Political examples ===