Re:From a life prison sentence to a computer engineering job
by coldtea on Sunday October 20, 2019 @09:19PM
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>I checked the actual numbers. The incarceration rate in the US is not 10x higher than the EU, it's only 7 to 8 times higher on average. (Maybe the poster meant that the incarceration rate is 10x higher than the incarceration rate in his particular nation?)
7 to 8 is as good as 10x.
Going from 1x to 8 is a huge 800% increase.
Whereas the correct 8 from the mentioned 10 is a mere 25% error...
7 to 8 is as good as 10x.
Going from 1x to 8 is a huge 800% increase.
Whereas the correct 8 from the mentioned 10 is a mere 25% error...