The ethos is summarized by the saying "Better to let a hundred guilty go free than to convict one innocent man."

有一个谚语“宁愿释放一百个有罪的人也不能定罪一个无辜的人”可以总结这个精神。

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Two jurors refused to convict despite the men having earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to cause explosions.

两名陪审员拒绝定罪，并对三人早前对阴谋引起爆炸的指控提出的抗辩请求不予理会。

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This strikes me as a pretty high threshold given that for a jury to convict there should evidence beyond a shadow of a doubt that the defendant is guilty.

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"I'm not saying he is guilty, but the evidence was such that it was without doubt correct to convict him, " Lambertz said.

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