[leothecool]

> the US is prosecuting and incarcerating broad swathes of innocent people.

There's about half a million people in jail right now who haven't been convicted of a crime. Some of them are innocent, for sure.

[kevviiinn]

Considering how often police lie and plant evidence, I would say a hefty number are innocent

[roamerz]

> Considering how often police lie and plant evidence

How often is that, exactly?

[dang]

Personal attacks are not allowed here, so please don't do that.

Also, please don't use HN for ideological battle, regardless of what you're battling for or against. It looks like you've been doing that a lot, unfortunately. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

[loeg]

The whole conceit of pre-trial detention is that we do not know if the detainees are guilty.