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. (Benjamin Franklin)

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.

Benjamin Franklin

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