43 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 20 Aug \ on: British Tech Titan's Co-Defendant Killed In Car Crash, Days Before Yacht Sinks conspiracy
According to the Pew Research Center analysis, only 0.4% of federal criminal cases in 2022 ended in acquittal, which means the two executives were extremely lucky with the positive outcome.
However, not so much in the last several days, with Chamberlain killed by a vehicle while on a jog and Lynch missing after a tornado hit the superyacht he was on.
The name of the yacht was Bayesian a branch of statistics that still confuses me
Your reply contains that stat about how often federal criminal trials end in acquittals. Scary, huh? In another context, this is why I'm convinced the Samourai defendants will take a plea in the end. I hope I'm wrong.
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2022 was a great year to be a federal prosecutor lol
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Every year is a great year. The presumption of innocence is a fantasy. Your average US juror can't wait to convict. They believe in their hearts that if you are accused of a crime you are guilty. It's a whole generation brainwashed by bullshit CSI shows who paint the cops as the good guys, defense lawyers as slimebags, and defendants as dirtbags.
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The process is the punishment
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