To: MrB
The great Republican Lawyer, Abraham Lincoln, said that it was better that 100 guilty go free than one innocent man be jailed.
He wasn't so hot as a general, but I would retain him for a lawyer, if he weren't dead.
/johnny
22 posted on
04/16/2008 7:47:11 PM PDT by
JRandomFreeper
(Bless us all, each, and every one.)
To: JRandomFreeper
I wouldn’t agree with Abe on that one.
Those 100 guilty go free to harm how many future victims?
What did their victims do to deserve this?
33 posted on
04/16/2008 7:52:42 PM PDT by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: JRandomFreeper
As a woman who has been sexually assaulted twice and raped once - I agree with you 100%.
67 posted on
04/16/2008 8:14:29 PM PDT by
SatinDoll
(Desperately desiring a conservative government.)
To: JRandomFreeper
"The great Republican Lawyer, Abraham Lincoln, said that it was better that 100 guilty go free than one innocent man be jailed."
IMO only....I'd rather the 100 be in jail....
100 animals on the street causing havoc is in reality a much worse outcome for society than 1 innocent man in jail...
for the record, I don't trust the police or attorneys to work for justice...they work for and "end"....period...
73 posted on
04/16/2008 8:20:58 PM PDT by
cherry
To: JRandomFreeper
Actually, it’s Blackstone’s formulation (also known as Blackstone’s ratio or the Blackstone ratio) that states the principle...”better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer”.
77 posted on
04/16/2008 8:22:52 PM PDT by
papasmurf
(Unless I post a link to resource, what I post is opinion, regardless of how I spin it.)
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