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Comment by brookst

1 day ago

The observation was that death row represents the highest level of scrutiny, and still had 10% false positives for guilt.

Is there any argument that less-scrutinized cases would have a lower level of false convictions?

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bluGill  1 day ago

The 10% claim has been refuted.

  • brookst  9 hours ago

    What % is it?

    • bluGill  8 hours ago

      Read other replies. I don't think we have enough data to give an opinion exact number but less than 1

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