As we say in America, I'd rather a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be stripped of their freedom. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that

As we say in America, I'd rather a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be stripped of their freedom. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that, but I don't like how simple it is. Anyways, I always wondered if the discretion allowed to police engenders more societal problems than it solves. I imagine this would have a similar effect.