...guilty one. This latter assumption is consistent with the principle derived from English common law that "it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."7 The Naval and Military academies require that honor verdicts be based on a "preponderance...

...useful discussion of both sides, see Jeffrey Reiman and Ernest van den Haag, "On the Common Saying that it is Better that Ten Guilty Persons Escape than that One Innocent Suffer: Pro and Con," in Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr. and Jeffrey Paul (eds.), Crime, Culpability,...

...NEW TESTAMENT, Jesus, in Matthew, 5:6. The fourth of the Beatitudes, from the Sermon on the Mount. 2 It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, (1723-1780) British jurist. Commentaries on the Laws of England, bk. 4, ch. 27...

...The sentiments are traceable back to William Blackstone's well-known maxim that under the common law "it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent man suffer." 4 Blackstone, Commentaries 358. 5. Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1995, p. A1. 6. In re...

...criminal litigation. I began my essay in the Georgetown Law Journal with a familiar quote from William Blackstone that "[i]t is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."" If enacted, I believe the Victims' Rights Amendment will help move us away from Blackstone's vision....

...status of victims in our constitutional framework. William Blackstone stated several hundreds years ago that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. If enacted, the victims' rights amendment, almost regardless of its specific content, will help change...

..."Use every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping?" or Sir William Blackstone's adage, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer"? Will not a student of cultures including Aztec come to embrace ritual murder and a student of Hindu...

...whole. The ever-present jeopardy of mistakes in the criminal justice system is reflected in the aphorism that 'It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.'15 It may also be reflected in features such as the burden of proof and the privilege against...

...1858:Vol. 3, 254-255. 4 All presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769) 1858: Vol. 4, 358. Peter M. Blau 1918Austrian-born...

...[what we would now call circumstantial evidence] should be admitted cautiously: for the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer. He followed this with several examples of where "presumptive" evidence could be dangerous. The doctrine...