Worse type of judicial mistake

verdict

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question All systems of justice make mistakes, but which do you think is worse? To convict an innocent person or To let a guilty person go free

Values

• 1 convict an innocent person

• 2 let a guilty person go free

• NA(d) can't choose / NA(i) iap / NA(j) I don't have a job / NA(m) dk, na, iap / NA(n) no answer / NA(p) not imputable / NA(r) refused / NA(s) skipped on web / NA(u) uncodeable / NA(x) not available in this release / NA(y) not available in this year / NA(z) see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

year	ballots	availability
1985	-/-/-	full
1990	A/B/C	full
1996	A/B/C	full
2006	D/-/-	partial
2016	A/B/-	partial

Link at the GSS

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for verdict.

See also

Other ISSP Role of Gov't: databank, eqincome, manhold, manread, mantail, mantap, opprof, oprich, progtax