Point of order: If I was going to tell someone a story, I'd probably tell the dramatic one ("guy out on bail murders bus of kittens by driving it into a cancer

Point of order: If I was going to tell someone a story, I'd probably tell the dramatic one ("guy out on bail murders bus of kittens by driving it into a cancer ward") vs boring ones "a man out on bail went to court and was found not guilty". Data points are much more interesting when talking about how to create functional systems and allocate resources than some emotional tale. If my town spent millions of dollars buffing up their homicide department when we only see common assaults in 99.999% of the time, I'd be pissed as a taxpayer.