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Yes.

Just to be clear, do you understand that not every person incarcerated is innocent, and that is consequently an entirely different statistic/rate?

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No, I do not believe that it is an "entirely independent" statistics/rate. I believe they are very closely related. But if you sincerely believe they are entirely independent statistics then I kind of understand the logic of your argument.

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