...justify declaring the defendant guilty. Some commentators have referred to Blackstone's famous statement that "it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer," but several authorities, including the Supreme Court, have asserted that this principle understates...

...also is said to have biblical roots . Blackstone repeated the familiar phrase that "the law holds [] that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer." 4 Blackstone, supra, at 352. Here is what my prosecutor stated during her closing arguments : "THE...

...mercy and acquittal." It is a dictate of humanity and of sound reason, as well as a rule of the courts, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent person should suffer. The foundations of justice are more endangered by a too rigorous enforcement...

...into the affairs of the prisoners, as it is possible that there may he an innocent man among them. " It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. William Blackstone. JUSTICE cJlo^c \ have heard that when Noshirwan's soul was about to depart, he...

...Chap. vii. •)• Ibid. Book vi. Chap. ix. Another maxim which deserves examination, is this : — " That it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man should suffer.'''' If by saying it is better, be meant that it is more for the public advantage,...