@Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
Post #2343609
2026-05-06 22:30 UTC
I mean i can imagine it, it's just patently anti-American. Benjamin Franklin is widely quoted as saying "I'd rather let 100 guilty persons go, than imprison one innocent person."
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@grue@lemmy.world 2026-05-06 23:45
No, that was [William Blackstone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_ratio). Maybe Ben Franklin also quoted it, but he's not the one who was famous for it.