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A comment on New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in murder. Parent comment

Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by fastball on Monday September 24, 2018 @12:08AM (#18054940)
Yes.

Just to be clear, do you understand that not every person incarcerated is innocent, and that is consequently an entirely different statistic/rate?

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Re:New York inmate's golf drawings lead to exoneration in mu... by olavk on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:53AM (#18055788)
No, I do not believe that it is an "entirely independent" statistics/rate. I believe they are very closely related. But if you sincerely believe they are entirely independent statistics then I kind of understand the logic of your argument.
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