The idea here is that it's better to let 10 guilty people go free than erroneously punish one innocent. That idea is awesome. Nay, it is the lynchpin of a succ

The idea here is that it's better to let 10 guilty people go free than erroneously punish one innocent. That idea is awesome. Nay, it is the lynchpin of a successful society. And it is all namby-pamby, Gandhi-an truth-and-justice until you have to live and survive in situations where crimes happen with impunity and go unpunished due to systemic apathy of the law-enforcers. You can spew principles all day from your basement, but they mean naught until you have walked in the shoes of those you criticize. I shouldn't have to explain that.