> which makes an 81% false positive rate remarkably good.

Friendly reminder that our _entire_ legal system was arranged by the Founders so that innocent people wouldn’t be incarcerated even if that means some guilty people walk free.

Your reasoning flips the most important feature of our criminal justice system on its head.

I know most people on HN haven’t dealt with the criminal justice system but being wrongly charged and, if you’re lucky, beating the charges is an incredibly awful experience. Just being charged will follow you for the rest of your life.