Managing crime is a problem where both false positives and false negatives are prominent and severe subproblems. When someone seeks to outrage you over one type of error, consider whether their implied solution would make the other type of error worse.
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True, though we can stop adding to their #, and after a point recidivism craters*. On a moral level I can accept people walking if they were never tried on those charges with a right to be heard. I’ve also worked in criminal defense though, so YMMV. *https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/research-and-publications/research-publications/2004/200405_Recidivism_Criminal_History.pdf …
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Valid.
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