Commentary for Sanhedrin 63:5

דיני ממונות הכל מלמדין זכות וחובה דיני נפשות הכל מלמדין זכות ואין הכל מלמדין חובה

THEN ARGUE FOR ACQUITTAL, AND VICE VERSA; WHEREAS IN CAPITAL CHARGES, ONE WHO HAS ARGUED FOR CONDEMNATION MAY SUBSEQUENTLY ARGUE FOR ACQUITTAL, BUT NOT VICE VERSA.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Rashi, this is deduced from Num. XXXV, 25, The Congregation shall deliver the manslayer, meaning that all the endeavours of the court should be directed towards deliverance. According to Maim., Yad, Sanh., X, 2, it is deduced from Ex. XXIII, 2, Neither shalt thou speak in a quarrel to incline etc. Probably he based his deduction on the Mekilta comment on the verse, where reference is made to the judges' duty to lean towards acquittal. ');">⁹</span> CIVIL SUITS ARE TRIED BY DAY, AND CONCLUDED AT NIGHT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where the deliberations have been protracted. ');">¹⁰</span>

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