>"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. It is n

>"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. It is not fundamentally true nor universally accepted. Where does the scale tip? All criminal justice systems attempt to minimise the risk - but one some level it is simply the cost of doing business. For all that it is an admirable sentiment, it is limited.