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radicaldreameryesterday at 9:08 PM4 repliesview on HN

I wonder how many people have been unjustly imprisoned between planted evidence, made up evidence, and illegal parallel construction…


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gcryesterday at 9:45 PM

Here in the US? Probably a large double-digit percentage of cases imo…

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tyingqyesterday at 10:10 PM

Consider all of that can be used for forced confessions and forced plea bargains also. In those cases, the "evidence" doesn't even need to exist at all, or be on the record in any way.

gdulliyesterday at 10:20 PM

Sadly, there's more evil and more laziness/incompetence in the world that's being accelerated by AI than there is good.

madaxe_againyesterday at 9:33 PM

Over all time? Probably tens of millions.