Re: Something for Eric
etaka <etaka@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I get
> Site Blocked
> This site has been barred from the bugmenot system.
> Why not just give me the punchline? The article is claiming that people
> are unfairly being "found" guilty or not guilty in trials? People are
> being punished or going unpunished contrary to the facts of their cases?
There was a study done by someone attempting to find a solid number
of innocent people unfairly locked up. He came up with about 400, but
claims there are many more. The op-ed piece points out that even if
he were off by a factor of 10, this would represent an incorrect
conviction rate of .027%.
Mike
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