“É melhor dez pessoas culpadas escaparem do que um inocente sofrer.”
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer.
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–1769), Liv. IV, Cap. 24 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=v3dGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA358&dq=%E2%80%9CIt+is+better+that+ten+guilty+persons+escape+than+that+one+innocent+suffer.%E2%80%9D&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd9fyfwbbKAhUHgpAKHTAjDg4Q6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CIt%20is%20better%20that%20ten%20guilty%20persons%20escape%20than%20that%20one%20innocent%20suffer.%E2%80%9D&f=false
Voltaire escreveu algo semelhante em Zadig (1747): "É melhor correr o risco de salvar um homem culpado do que condenar um inocente".