I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
Not all political prisoners are innocents.
Our constitutionally-based criminal justice system places a high value on protecting the innocent. Among its central tenets is the idea that it is better to let a guilty person go free than to convict someone without evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
I think most defense attorneys honestly believe the principle that says, 'Better 10 guilty go free than even one possibly innocent person be convicted.'
When a person is found less guilty than he is suspected, he is concluded more innocent than he really is.
When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.