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The Precrime Unit
Hi-Phi Nation
The Problem With Statistical Evidence
Using statistical evidence can increase the chances that you'll get the wrong verdict for someone. The trouble with statistical evidence is that it tends to reinforce these sorts of concentrations, he says. John Hope Franklin was at a fancy banquet in his honor in Washington, D.C., where all of the service staff was black and the guests were mostly white. Now suppose a rich white lady decides that she needs to hand her coat to one of the staff, but she doesn't know what John Hope Franklin looks like. She is risking the mistreatment of John Hope Franklin, and in fact contributing to an ongoing mistreatment of him.
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