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by l33t7332273 1028 days ago
I think this is sort of the exception that proves the rule. The people profiting form prisons have direct incentives to increase prison populations , but the people who can actually falsely imprison people have, at best, illegal side channel incentives.
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There are non-illegal side channels, like "tough on crime" judges getting political donations from deep-pocketed interested parties.