Benjamin Franklin: That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer , is a maxim that has bee

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person — Benjamin Franklin

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer , is a maxim that has been long and generally approved; never, that I know of, controverted.

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