Fascinating #OpenAccess paper by Colyvan, Regan and Ferson (2001) on the Shonubi case and the reference class problem (from probability theory) in law: http://colyvan.com/papers/shonubi.pdf

Concerned a drug courier whose sentence was significantly increased based on statistical estimates of the quantities of drugs that other drug couriers had smuggled over the years.

#Law #Shonubi #Statistics #ReferenceClassProblem #CriminalLaw