You know… I always heard “better for 100 guilty to go free than one innocent to be falsely convicted”. The exact opposite statement.
I always took it as “if criminals get in charge of things, they’ll try and wrongfully convict the innocent, so it’s better that we let 100 criminals go free than that to happen.”
Was that statement propagated by criminals, though? Fundamentally, we are probably all guilty of something, so it’s definitely a good question that is worth giving some thought.
You know… I always heard “better for 100 guilty to go free than one innocent to be falsely convicted”. The exact opposite statement.
I always took it as “if criminals get in charge of things, they’ll try and wrongfully convict the innocent, so it’s better that we let 100 criminals go free than that to happen.”
Was that statement propagated by criminals, though? Fundamentally, we are probably all guilty of something, so it’s definitely a good question that is worth giving some thought.