It should not eliminate normal civilian safeguards against the possibility of erroneous verdicts.
It is not enough to compare the costs of erroneous verdicts.
The police corruption scandal in Los Angeles, the erroneous death penalty verdicts in Illinois, the F.B.I. scandal in Boston and the execution spree in Texas are all of a piece with this national contradiction.
On Tuesday, a lawyer for Mr. Gupta argued that a federal appeals court should overturn his client's conviction and grant a new trial because the verdict was tainted by the erroneous admission of that statement and other wiretapped conversations.
Her statistical studies have shown, for example, that having stereotypically black facial features correlates with tougher jury verdicts, longer prison terms, more death sentences and erroneous identifications by police.
Returning a narrative verdict today, Norfolk coroner William Armstrong ruled Georgia died following an "erroneous diagnosis" and the fact she was not immediately admitted to hospital reduced her chances of survival and contributed to her death.
This is totally erroneous.
Standing in a white shirt and necktie and reading a long verdict, Judge Nguyen Huu Chinh said, "Born and raised into a revolutionary family, he did not sustain that tradition but instead committed erroneous acts".
But they are also erroneous.
