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by seszett 2966 days ago
> If 20% of the people are wrongfully accused, but the system catches 99.9% of the actual criminals, then they will be very happy with that system.

The opposite (presumption of innocence, preferring having some criminals leave free than a single innocent person wrongly imprisonned, etc) has been the norm in all occidental democracies for the last two centuries or so. What makes you think it could change?