Blackstone on Errors in Trials Sir William Blackstone (1723-1780) wrote influential books on common law.
He made this statement: "All presumptive evidence of felony should be admitted cautiously; for the law holds it better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent party suffer."
Keep in mind that the null hypothesis in criminal trials is that the defendant is not guilty.
State which of these errors (in blue) is the first type of error (rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true) and which is the second type of error.