LINK-Misunderstanding risk of murder reincidence

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ZMHz2QkvLKQavDS4K
title

LINK-Misunderstanding risk of murder reincidence
authors

polymathwannabe
date_published

2014-03-02T13:14
score

−5
omega_karma
votes

6
tags
source

lesswrong

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZMHz2QkvLKQavDS4K/link-misunderstanding-risk-of-murder-reincidence

People don’t want this institutionalized murderer to get free because they don’t understand there’s no such thing as "zero risk."

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/straighttalk/archives/2014/02/20140228-142409.html

Comment

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L93CE9FJ3xs3weQAt
authors

NancyLebovitz
score

7
omega_karma
votes

4
date_published

2014-03-02T15:56

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZMHz2QkvLKQavDS4K/link-misunderstanding-risk-of-murder-reincidence?commentId=L93CE9FJ3xs3weQAt

I think this would be better as an open thread link.

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kFKXYfMJyi6WjxDRG
authors

V_V
score

0
omega_karma
votes

0
date_published

2014-03-02T23:46

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZMHz2QkvLKQavDS4K/link-misunderstanding-risk-of-murder-reincidence?commentId=kFKXYfMJyi6WjxDRG

Looks like a straw-man argument, which is in fact provided without citation.