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This raises a very important question about false positives and false negatives in sentencing. There is an underlying set of questions too: what is the purpose of incarceration? How is an innocent person affected by a wrongful conviction? Are wrongfully exonerated people more likely to reoffend?

The discussion about evidence was also really intriguing. What kinds of evidence are used? How does the prosecution and defense utilize them? Which are given primacy, authority, legitimacy? How do juries interpret such evidence?

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