Even though statistics might mean someone is more likely to commit a crime, that does not necessarily mean that they did commit a crime (or if they committed th

Even though statistics might mean someone is more likely to commit a crime, that does not necessarily mean that they did commit a crime (or if they committed the specific crime being asked about). Statistics do not imply that you committed (or did not commit) a crime; it must be investigated like any other crime. Also, just because they commited the crime as someone else did does not mean that a harsher penalty for the same crime; that does not logically follow. At most, such statistics may decide who the police might investigate if they do not have other (better) data to make a decision, or in what places the police might check for crimes (although both of these things should be done without violating the people's freedom and privacy, if you can; it is not an excuse to prevent the ordinary people's freedom). (Also, I am against the death penalty, although that is a different issue than the above discussion. Still, it is related to being mistaken about the crime; that is why I am against the death penalty, but such errors are possible regardless of whether or not it is biased in the ways mentioned above.)