Poindexter?

slang · 11-21-2002, 07:44 PM

Bitman

Would you point me to some background on the thought that the founding fathers were in favor of convicting 1000 innocent men rather than let one guilty man go free?

That wasn't how I remember that thought being written but I can rarely find the background or quotes that I look for.

The phrase I see with a basic Google search says " better for 100 guilty men to go free than one man be unjustly convicted ". There are many places this is quoted but I cant find the source from the founding fathers.

If your quote is correct , I have another reading assignment as well as another re-evaluation of my opinion.

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11-21-2002, 07:44 PM	#1
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Bitman Would you point me to some background on the thought that the founding fathers were in favor of convicting 1000 innocent men rather than let one guilty man go free? That wasn't how I remember that thought being written but I can rarely find the background or quotes that I look for. The phrase I see with a basic Google search says " better for 100 guilty men to go free than one man be unjustly convicted ". There are many places this is quoted but I cant find the source from the founding fathers. If your quote is correct , I have another reading assignment as well as another re-evaluation of my opinion.

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