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Quote from Justice Louis D. Brandeis,


"To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means --
to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal --
would bring terrible retribution."


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Justice Louis D. Brandeis (more quotes by Justice Louis D. Brandeis or books by/about Justice Louis D. Brandeis)


(1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice

Source:

1912

Categories:

Conscience, Constitution, Crime, Government, Hypocrisy, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police

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