Blackstone's ratio
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title:
Blackstone's ratio
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In criminal law, Blackstone's ratio is the idea that: It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. as expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s. The idea subsequently became a staple of legal thinking in jurisdictions with legal systems derived from English criminal law and continues to be a topic of debate. There is also a long pre-history of similar sentiments going back centu
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Legal maxim that “It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than that 1 innocent suffer”
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio
date created:
2006-06-30T13:34:32Z
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2024-09-04T19:55:12Z
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