"the lifetime risk of being wrongfully convicted to the risk of being a victim of a violent crime. The relative risk ratio appears to be about 30,000 to 1." If so, we are trying way too hard to prevent wrongful convictions, relative to deterring crime.https://reason.com/volokh/2018/11/01/how-often-are-innocent-persons-convicted?fbclid=IwAR2Ac4e_BxGO74jcBt0nuKawrtBHgmBeinlo2wcG7NLWNLMDhpriG_xxjnk …
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That as false convictions go up, violent crimes go down and vice versa? Can’t you have both false convictions go up and violent crimes go up (ie mafia state)? Or false convictions go down and violent crime go down (ie better and more efficient law enforcement)?
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