The cases, therefore, that result in freedom will ordinarily occupy sixfold or tenfold more time, besides requiring the exercise of more legal knowledge and ability, than those which terminate fatally to the respondent.
Mann points out the disproportionate time and resources required for cases that result in freedom compared to those that do not.
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