This is the kind of reasoning that doesn&#x27;t get thought about very often.  Much like debates on how much a human life is worth, people look at you as heartless for even considering the question, but with limited resources, it&#x27;s more heartless not to.  If you want to save the most lives, you need to determine how to do the most good.<p>Questions like this one inform standards of evidence, burdens of proof, and many other factors of the justice system.  Any potential change to the justice system will potentially change &#x27;n&#x27;.<p>For instance, criminal law uses &quot;beyond a reasonable doubt&quot;, while civil law uses the lower standard &quot;preponderance of the evidence&quot;, precisely because &#x27;n&#x27; is lower when talking about money than when talking about jail time.