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> which makes an 81% false positive rate remarkably good. Friendly reminder that our _entire_ legal system was arranged by the Founders so that innocent people
by elliekelly 7y ago
> which makes an 81% false positive rate remarkably good.
Friendly reminder that our _entire_ legal system was arranged by the Founders so that innocent people wouldn’t be incarcerated even if that means some guilty people walk free.
Your reasoning flips the most important feature of our criminal justice system on its head.
I know most people on HN haven’t dealt with the criminal justice system but being wrongly charged and, if you’re lucky, beating the charges is an incredibly awful experience. Just being charged will follow you for the rest of your life.
- lostjohnny 7y agoIt is incredibly good nonetheless Remember this is used by police to find suspects, not to replace the judge. It means that just looking at a picture, 2 suspects every ten are successfully recognized Compared to the system we have now, were to find who's guilty police have to go trough a list of suspects were all of them except one (or a few) is innocent, 2 every 10 is very good. We're not talking about considering people guilty until proven innocent, but helping police to investigate in the right direction. In UK almost a quarter of murder cases are still unsolved. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/almost-quarter-all-murders-are-still-unsolved-by-uk-police-home-office-1574756 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/almost-quarter-all-murders-are-sti...