What you’re saying makes no sense. Unless I'm misunderstanding it (and I am in fact a lawyer), the data indicates that 53% of the people have either been convicted of or charged with a crime.
Yes, people who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is implying any of those charged people are guilty.
Fifty-three is a high percentage of any population to face criminal charges, innocent or guilty. That’s it.
What do you think is the delta between "charged" and "pending charge"?
What do you think the delta is between "general population", "pending charge", "charged", and "convicted" - while we're at it?
You can make a vast majority of the population "pending charge" at some point if you take into consideration they were - at one point - marked "pending bench warrant" during the time between getting a traffic ticket and (A) paying it; or (B) fighting it.
Let's see how far we can skew the datasets, with enough motivation. And the "benefit of the doubt" that you'd reflexively give someone on not stretching the truth simply CANNOT be afforded to these people.
piker|1 month ago
Yes, people who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is implying any of those charged people are guilty.
Fifty-three is a high percentage of any population to face criminal charges, innocent or guilty. That’s it.
What do you think is the delta between "charged" and "pending charge"?
HaZeust|1 month ago
You can make a vast majority of the population "pending charge" at some point if you take into consideration they were - at one point - marked "pending bench warrant" during the time between getting a traffic ticket and (A) paying it; or (B) fighting it.
Let's see how far we can skew the datasets, with enough motivation. And the "benefit of the doubt" that you'd reflexively give someone on not stretching the truth simply CANNOT be afforded to these people.
unknown|1 month ago
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