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qltetoday at 2:57 AM1 replyview on HN

Your heuristic is flawed. The pool of defendants with pending charges who were granted pre-trial home detention are going to be disproportionately non-violent, first-time offenders compared to those denied bail or with prohibitively large amounts.

Meaning an error like this harms innocent people wrongly accused more than the stereotypically hardened repeat offenders you imagine to be undeserving of your sympathy and presumed guilty.


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avazhitoday at 3:07 AM

> non-violent, first-time offenders

Non-violent, first-time offenders don't get ankle monitors. But thank you for highlighting my point.

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