Kevin

“It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.”
― Thomas Jefferson

“Better for ninetynine guilty to escape than for one innocent person to be wrongfully condemned.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

“It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.

But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, 'whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,' and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.”
― John Adams, The Portable John Adams

“It is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer”
― Benjamin Franklin, A Letter From Benjamin Franklin To Benjamin Vaughan: Containing Some Observations On The Prodigal Practices Of Publishers