Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the Fourth¶
Blackstone, W. (1769). Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the Fourth: Book the Fourth. Clarendon Press.
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2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Mechanisms¶
- Legal Burden-of-Proof Analog
- The standard is set that high because the two errors are gravely unequal: convicting an innocent person is treated as far worse than acquitting a guilty one — Blackstone's ratio that it is "better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
This sourceStates Blackstone's maxim that ten guilty persons escaping is preferable to one innocent person suffering.
- The standard is set that high because the two errors are gravely unequal: convicting an innocent person is treated as far worse than acquitting a guilty one — Blackstone's ratio that it is "better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer."
- Legal Standard of Proof
- The answer is recorded and old — Blackstone's ratio, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer
This sourceStates that it is better for ten guilty persons to escape than for one innocent person to suffer, prioritizing avoidance of wrongful punishment.
- The answer is recorded and old — Blackstone's ratio, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer
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