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Re:After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit by enkid on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:22AM (#35915874)
Yes, that's explicitly the purpose. It's intended to be much more likely a guilty person is released than an innocent is imprisoned.
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Re:After 20 Years as a Prosecutor in Illinois, I Quit by DicIfTEx on Friday May 12, 2023 @09:33AM (#35916013)
This principle is known as Blackstone's ratio: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone%27s_ratio
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