[robertpaulsen]

"Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."

Ten? Why not 11? Why not 100? Wouldn't his statement be equally true? Isn't it better to have 100 guilty persons escape than to have one innocent suffer? Surely you'd agree with that?

How about 1000? 10,000? Where would YOU draw the line? 1,000,000?

[Mojave]

When it comes to dope they don't really care about the "one innocent"; they just want all of the guilty to escape.

[JamesP81]

How about 1000? 10,000? Where would YOU draw the line? 1,000,000?

I would draw no line. I would say that a justice system that punishes even one person illegitimately is an illegitimate justice system, at least until such time that said justice system makes it a policy to make amends for its mistakes. Our justice system has a tendency to not do that second part. If it did, there'd be no problems.