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I believe it’s reasonable to assume that far more than 5% of people behind bars are actually innocent. I was raised by two career long LEOs and if even a small
by hollywood_court 4y ago
I believe it’s reasonable to assume that far more than 5% of people behind bars are actually innocent.
I was raised by two career long LEOs and if even a small fraction of other LEOs were as bad as my folks, it would be safe to assume that there are a lot of innocent people behind bars.
- sh4rks 4y agoI'd be surprised if it was more than 1%. But getting actual data is impossible of course.
- hollywood_court 4y agoYou’d be surprised if more than 1% of the US’s prison population is innocent?
- ben_w 4y agoGiven what I keep hearing about laws in general, I assume almost everyone is guilty of enough stuff that if you could prove it and the sentences were consecutive, they'd die in prison. But at the same time, I'd be surprised if less than 5% of convicts had done the specific crime they were sentenced for even under the assumption of the entire law and justice system being fair, impartial, and skilled. (I don't have a word for what I am: I don't believe in anarchy, but I would radically liberalise as much as possible. I would also wildly reduce the punishments for most of the remaining laws are enforced so that perfect enforcement wasn't completely bonkers, and then make enforcement perfect. Normally I see people aiming for one or the other, perfect enforcement or liberalisation, not both).