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Re:People’s freedom jeopardised by new software adopted by C... by strictfp on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:50PM (#13072875)
Better sorry than safe?
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Re:People’s freedom jeopardised by new software adopted by C... by r00fus on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @02:36PM (#13073900)
Where have we gone where this cornerstone of legal philosophy [1] is in question?

"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer"

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone's_formulation

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