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minus-squareEdgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIf you randomly selected a citizen as the culprit every time a crime was committed the only percentage of accuracy it wouldn’t be is 0%, because it’s inevitable you would be right at least once.
If you randomly selected a citizen as the culprit every time a crime was committed the only percentage of accuracy it wouldn’t be is 0%, because it’s inevitable you would be right at least once.