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The Sharia of Moses in the TORA
Part 2 - The 365 Prohibitions of the Tora
278 - A JUDGE PREVENTING JUDGMENT AGAINST A PERSON OF EVIL REPUTE
Exodus 23:6 -- “You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.”
By this prohibition, a judge is forbidden to pervert judgment against a litigant whom he knows to be a wicked sinner.
The paramount duty of the judge is thus to render justice impartially to all who come before him, rich and poor, sinner and saint.*
* See also Note to Pos. Comm. 176, Vol. I, pp. 189f, on the qualifications of the judge