A goal of an “innocent until proven guilty” justice system is to place a higher priority on avoiding type I error? Could someone explain with an example how does this happen?
A Type I error in the legal system is convicting an innocent person. The legal system says that you can only convict a person if he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That sets the standard on conviction and lets the probability of not convicting a guilty person be unspecified.
JoeyDVivre Wrote:
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> A Type I error in the legal system is convicting
> an innocent person. The legal system says that
> you can only convict a person if he is guilty
> beyond a reasonable doubt. That sets the standard
> on conviction and lets the probability of not
> convicting a guilty person be unspecified.
发表于 2011-7-13 16:11
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