Il vaut mieux hasarder de sauver un coupable que de condamner un innocent.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

It is better to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death

Better to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.

One would much rather that twenty guilty persons should escape the punishment of death, than that one innocent person should be condemned and suffer capitally.

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

It were better that Ten Suspected Witches should escape, than that one Innocent Person should be Condemned.

It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.

I'd rather ten guilty persons should escape, than one innocent should suffer.

To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

Englishmen say that it is better that twelve culprits should escape human justice rather than that one innocent man should perish.

An escape from penalty is better than petitioning the judges.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.