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HTML

<table id="my_table"><tbody></tbody></table>

JavaScript

var json = [[0, "some str"], [1, "some <str>"], [0, "some str &&& <a>not a link</a>"]], tagsToReplace = {
    '&': '&amp;',
    '<': '&lt;',
    '>': '&gt;'
}, result = "", current;

function replaceTag(tag) {
    return tagsToReplace[tag] || tag;
}

function textify(str) {
    return str.replace(/[&<>]/g, replaceTag);
};
    for (var i = 0, maxlength = json.length; i < maxlength; i++ ) {
       current = textify(json[i][1]);
       result += "<tr class='my_result'>"
              + "<td>"+current+"</td></tr>"
    }
    $('#my_table tbody').html(result);