wedrifid comments on Amanda Knox Guilty Again - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 February 2014 10:36:50AM 1 point [-]

Has any government ever investigated the rate of false positives in a jury system by faking trials?

The incentives of a government are more likely to be in suppressing such information than uncovering it. (Crudely speaking) the government wants people to perceive that just is done. Actually doing justice is just one way of achieving that perception.