The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted. — Publilius Syrus · Skopia

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The judge is condemned when the guilty party is acquitted.

In the original Latin

Iudex damnatur ubi nocens absolvitur.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae · 43 BC

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43 BC Classical antiquity

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Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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