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> at least 4% of people sentenced to death are innocent It should be made clear that this statistic was not derived from counting up actual innocent people who
by dlandis 11y ago
> at least 4% of people sentenced to death are innocent
It should be made clear that this statistic was not derived from counting up actual innocent people who were sentenced. It was a statistical estimate with a number of assumptions built in to it. Not defending the death penalty, just pointing out something that was not stated precisely in my opinion.