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Seems obvious. What are the other options? Elaborate frame jobs? Unlikely. Biased jurors and judges? Sometimes.

• klyrs 6y ago
  One would hope that honest mistakes would be responsible for the vast majority.
  • jeremyjh 6y ago
    You could have 10 times as many people in prison due to honest mistakes - if they were still in prison their numbers would not be included in the survey. My hypothesis is that its very hard to get a verdict reviewed by a court unless you have evidence of police or prosecutor misconduct.
  • dylan604 6y ago
    There's a saying that goes 'wish in one hand, shit in the other. see which fills up faster.' With all of the information that has been coming out to everyone, there's no reason to believe honest mistakes are even close to being in the same ballpark. The systemic level of rot has become apparent, and makes it very very difficult to give any part of the system any sort of benefit of the doubt.