Dude, don;t over complicate it. All I am saying is that teh number of people wrongly convicted of a crime wodl be equal to or less than the number of guilty people who are not convicted (either found guilty or freed on a technicality).
Using your X,Y,Z example, I think X <= Y+Z. On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Won Lee <w...@mediacommerce.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Won Lee [mailto:w...@mediacommerce.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:30 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: A final note of praise for Bush > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:boyz...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:29 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: A final note of praise for Bush > > > > > > I was putting in all those who are freed on a technicality. Not > > found > > > 'not > > > guilty' but let go because of a procedural issue. > > > > > > > Ahh. Yes, that would change the ratio. > > > > W > > > > Wait a second...maybe I'm not understanding you. > > X = number of ppl who are innocent but sent to jail > Y = number of ppl who are guilty but let go because found not guilty > Z = number of ppl who are guilty but freed due to procedure > > Y+Z = bad ppl who should be in jail but aren't > > > X < Y due to bias of courts > > X < Y + Z because Y, Z > 0 > > So that still means it is not a 1:1 ratio. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
