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Krapohl, Table 3

Table 3: Decision Accuracy for Confession Only, Confession Plus Evidence, Evidence Only,
and Innocent Cases Using the Objective Scoring System

 

Hit

Miss

Inconclusive

Hit w/o Inconclusives

# of Cases

Confession Only

72.5%

13.4%

14.1%

84.4%

149

Confession Plus Evidence

96.4%

3.6%

0.00%

96.4%

28

Evidence Only

77.1%

9.8%

13.1%

88.7%

61

Innocent

68.8%

6.3%

25.0%

91.7%

16

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