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Question: All systems of justice make mistakes, but which do you think is worse?
Choices: "to convict an innocent person" "to let a guilty person go free"
Data: % of "to convict an innocent person"
Period:
Area:
35 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Georgia88.1%
2 Iceland87.2%
3 Norway86.6%
4 Denmark84.2%
5 Czech Republic82.0%
6 Israel80.2%
7 Slovenia79.6%
8 Slovakia79.4%
9 Switzerland78.2%
10 United States78.1%
11 Latvia77.0%
12 Sweden76.0%
13 Germany75.6%
14 Croatia74.8%
15 France73.9%
15 Japan 73.9%
17 Lithuania73.7%
18 Finland73.4%
19 Spain72.2%
20 New Zealand72.0%
21 Venezuela70.8%
22 United Kingdom69.6%
23 Australia68.7%
24 Philippines67.6%
25 Belgium66.2%
26 Russian Federation65.1%
27 Turkiye65.0%
28 Hungary62.1%
29 Thailand60.7%
30 Republic of Korea59.5%
31 Suriname58.2%
32 Chile56.3%
33 India52.9%
34 South Africa47.0%
35 Taiwan46.2%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 203 countries.

Source
ISSP 2016

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 3.814963 X +3.721
Correlation coefficient (r)0.504
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.254

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data35
Regression equation
Y = 130341.470541 X -55595.866
Correlation coefficient (r)0.529
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.280

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = 26.312463 X +59.458
Correlation coefficient (r)0.486
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.236

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -0.497983 X +2.019
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.114
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.013

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data34
Regression equation
Y = -21.024145 X +26.509
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.360
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.130