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Quote from Sir John Fortescue,


"I should, indeed, prefer twenty men to escape death through mercy,
than one innocent to be condemned unjustly."


By:

Sir John Fortescue (more quotes by Sir John Fortescue or books by/about Sir John Fortescue)


(c.1394-1476) English Jurist

Source:

De laudibus legum Angliae [In praise of English law], (c.1470)

Categories:

Constitution, Death, Forgiveness, Jury, Justice, Law

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