Originally posted by Turbo
I'm saying that we should not bias the system so that it is more likely that the guilty go free than for the innocent to be executed.
By biasing the system in favor of freeing the guilty, more innocents will die at the hands of criminals than would be killed by a wrongful conviction, because would-be murderers will realize they have a better chance of getting away with it.
God says that a matter is established on the testimony of two or three witnesses (strong pieces of evidence). I agree that is a reasonable standard to establish guilt.
Don't forget, bearing false witness in a murder trial should be a capital crime.
