>"That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer" is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.
It is not fundamentally true nor universally accepted. Where does the scale tip? All criminal justice systems attempt to minimise the risk - but one some level it is simply the cost of doing business. For all that it is an admirable sentiment, it is limited.
It is not fundamentally true nor universally accepted. Where does the scale tip? All criminal justice systems attempt to minimise the risk - but one some level it is simply the cost of doing business. For all that it is an admirable sentiment, it is limited.