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A level-of-comfort question regarding imprisonment of mixed innocent and guilty groups. Burr Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 02:39:53 AM
Suppose we discovered that a definite X percent of all prisoners were actually innocent victims of a government conspiracy. But we can't even begin to identify which prisoners are the victims and which are actually deserving of imprisonment.

We do know that they are mixed equally with all classes of offenders. So, for instance, X percent of them are on death row, and the same percent of them are trustees.

How high would the percentage of innocents have to get before you'd be most comfortable just releasing everyone?
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A level-of-comfort question regarding imprisonment of mixed innocent and guilty groups. Burr - 05/03/2010 02:39:53 AM 326 Views
as things stands, I don't think we'd ever reach a level where that'd be necessary oO LadyLorraine - 05/03/2010 03:24:07 AM 205 Views
100% Isaac - 05/03/2010 03:47:31 AM 211 Views
Law of averages says there are certainly many innocent people in prison. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:09:41 AM 197 Views
Doesn't matter Isaac - 05/03/2010 04:22:19 AM 186 Views
It does, in so far as it makes appeals a necessary option. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:35:13 AM 189 Views
Did I say they weren't? Isaac - 05/03/2010 05:52:18 AM 216 Views
Nope. Joel - 15/03/2010 06:14:33 AM 167 Views
You know Scalia said something like that last year Roland00 - 05/03/2010 04:37:00 PM 195 Views
'Something'? Quotes are nice Isaac - 05/03/2010 05:07:00 PM 181 Views
Clarification: X% of them definitely did not meet the standards of reasonable doubt. Burr - 05/03/2010 09:44:09 PM 171 Views
It's a pointless question Isaac - 06/03/2010 06:36:08 AM 172 Views
A relevant question; it seems to hinge on where one draws the line. Joel - 05/03/2010 04:19:34 AM 174 Views
I never really liked silly questions like this SilverWarder - 05/03/2010 02:23:36 PM 205 Views
If there were 2,000,000 innocent and only 1 guilty, retrying everyone would not be practical. Burr - 05/03/2010 09:22:16 PM 176 Views
That's silly though SilverWarder - 05/03/2010 09:39:53 PM 183 Views
Re: That's silly though Burr - 05/03/2010 11:11:50 PM 190 Views
Re: That's silly though SilverWarder - 06/03/2010 12:11:06 AM 174 Views
Re: That's silly though Burr - 06/03/2010 04:30:20 AM 167 Views
The answer is not "I don't know" it's SilverWarder - 07/03/2010 08:50:50 AM 166 Views
what does the chance of reoffending have to do with guilt? random thoughts - 05/03/2010 10:02:21 PM 163 Views
Debt can be paid off, leaving the question of rehabilitation. *NM* Burr - 05/03/2010 10:32:38 PM 66 Views
I still don't see the realtionship to guilt random thoughts - 05/03/2010 10:59:28 PM 156 Views
Re: I still don't see the realtionship to guilt Burr - 05/03/2010 11:31:51 PM 170 Views
there is a reason they call it the justice system and not the rehabilation system random thoughts - 05/03/2010 11:33:55 PM 187 Views
It's called all kinds of things SilverWarder - 06/03/2010 12:02:00 AM 185 Views
Re: It's called all kinds of things random thoughts - 06/03/2010 05:44:32 AM 175 Views
Well, we aren't going to agree at all (and I DID say it was opinion) SilverWarder - 07/03/2010 09:00:37 AM 148 Views
there is no perfect system random thoughts - 05/03/2010 04:58:16 PM 181 Views
Reason Article inside Roland00 - 05/03/2010 10:34:40 PM 212 Views
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