What should courts do about the mistakes they make? Is it best to try correcting them, or does doing so risk bogging down the justice system?
The majority and dissenting opinions in Rosales-Mireles v. United States, decided on Monday, battled over that question. In so doing, these opinions articulated the underlying tension between justice and necessity in our judicial procedures. It also forces us to consider which of the two we must protect above the other.
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