
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
" The Non-Crime of Lying To The FBI, https://mises.org/wire/non-crime-lying-fbi" Mises.org, December 11, 2017
2010s, 2017
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
1770s, Boston Massacre trial (1770)
Context: It is more important that innocence be protected than it is that guilt be punished, for guilt and crimes are so frequent in this world that they cannot all be punished.
But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, "whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection," and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.
As quoted in "Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach" (14 October 1985), U.S. News & World Report, p. 67
1980s
1900s, Letter to Winfield T. Durbin (1903)
If They Come in The Morning (1971)