komponisto comments on The Cameron Todd Willingham test - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 07 May 2010 04:27:55PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, the certainty level provides a bound on the number of wrongful convictions. A 99% certainty requirement means at least 99% certainty, so an error rate of at most 1%.