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.
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An important and fundamental premise of the American judicial system is the presumption of innocence, that is until proven guilty.
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
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