That depends on your viewpoint, if it was you who was the innocent, your answer would be coloured by this. However if you believed in the principles of Utilitarianism, the plight of the odd innocent individual would not matter.
The antonym for innocent is guilty.
If I were a lawyer, I would ensure that law and order is kept. No guilty shall go unpunished and no innocent shall go punished.
One of the most important ones that we use today: No man (and Woman and child) can be punished until proven guilty. STATED: The alleged is innocent, until proven guilty
Innocent or Not Guilty
They act like they believe the Bible is true, and that it's okay to let guilty people not be punished if an innocent person is killed instead.
guilty
The Guilty Innocent - 2014 was released on: USA: 2014
Guilty 'til Proven Innocent was created in 1997.
if the sisters are conjoined (siamese twins), then punishing the guilty sister would punish the innocent one too.
Antonyms of innocent are guilty or sinful.
True is the opposite of false, so the opposite of guilty would be innocent.
The antonym of innocent is guilty.