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by peyton 17 hours ago
> This reasonably sets a floor

I disagree wrt reasonableness. It’s just too big a leap. There are a lot of crimes, and not many land you on death row.

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The observation was that death row represents the highest level of scrutiny, and still had 10% false positives for guilt.

Is there any argument that less-scrutinized cases would have a lower level of false convictions?

The 10% claim has been refuted.
What % is it?
Read other replies. I don't think we have enough data to give an opinion exact number but less than 1
Why would you expect those cases to have lower rates of false conviction than normal cases?
Hoo boy, welcome to the history of the United states.