Yes. If there’s 850,000 on the sex offender registry, a 1% “false positive” rate is almost certainly undercounting it, especially with the way our criminal justice system works. Do the vast majority 95%+ belong there, yes I believe that. But even a 1% rate leads to thousands of people being on the list unnecessarily.
And you believe that this supports your statement that there are
“l thousands of people who are sex offenders for merely urinating in public”
?
Yes. If there’s 850,000 on the sex offender registry, a 1% “false positive” rate is almost certainly undercounting it, especially with the way our criminal justice system works. Do the vast majority 95%+ belong there, yes I believe that. But even a 1% rate leads to thousands of people being on the list unnecessarily.
And your “1% of people on the sex offender register are not actually guilty” number comes from…?