Well, I haven’t looked at those estimates for a few months, but I’d imagine that a lot of the margin in the outside view of Guede’s case comes from uncertainties introduced by the media handling of the case or by an imperfect view of the evidence. Neither of those factors would, presumably, apply to a jury.
That being said, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if thirteen out of a hundred prisoners in Europe and the US were innocent of some of the charges that put them in jail. It’s higher than my own estimate would be, but within the same order of magnitude.
Well, I haven’t looked at those estimates for a few months, but I’d imagine that a lot of the margin in the outside view of Guede’s case comes from uncertainties introduced by the media handling of the case or by an imperfect view of the evidence. Neither of those factors would, presumably, apply to a jury.
That being said, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if thirteen out of a hundred prisoners in Europe and the US were innocent of some of the charges that put them in jail. It’s higher than my own estimate would be, but within the same order of magnitude.
I agree that it wouldn’t be hugely surprising. I meant it strikes me as higher than acceptable.