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> population to have topped 23 million by now Assuming an error rate of about 4%, this means that about 900,000 Americans have been wrongly convicted -- about
by techiferous 9y ago
> population to have topped 23 million by now
Assuming an error rate of about 4%, this means that about 900,000 Americans have been wrongly convicted -- about the population of San Francisco.
- brewdad 9y agoDo you have a source for your 4% figure or is that just a gut feel estimate? I have no idea (as if anyone can definitively know) what the actual rate might be.
- techiferous 9y agoHere is a source: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/28/how-many-people-are-wrongly-convicted-researchers-do-the-math/ http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/28/how-many-...