metaphysicist comments on Hearsay, Double Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates - Less Wrong

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Comment author: metaphysicist 18 February 2012 12:44:30AM 2 points [-]

Selective prosecution is a problem that can be laid at the prosecutor's doorstep, and if proven, it's a basis for acquittal. The problem is that it's hard to prove, not that the prosecutor and cops aren't responsible. (See my essay "Threat to advocacy from overdeterrence."