"After considering all of the evidence, the board did not find clear and convincing evidence of innocence and declined to recommend clemency in this matter." H

"After considering all of the evidence, the board did not find clear and convincing evidence of innocence and declined to recommend clemency in this matter." Hey, just because he's not guilty doesn't mean he's innocent. Isn't it is better that ten innocent persons be jailed than that one criminal escape justice? [0] Edit: Obviously it's more complicated than this. I don't envy anyone having to make these sorts of calls. There are certainly legal minutiae here that the CNN article doesn't get into. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation