Article about using a point system to establish guilt or innocence

September 15, 2014 4:22 PM

Help me find an article about using a point system to establish guilt or innocence. I read the article several years ago and the author was advocating a point system to establish guilt. I believe he dissected the evidence given during a major trial and awarded points based on the evidence. The idea was that some evidence was rewarded more points, especially if it was independently verifiable.
posted by TorontoSandy to Law & Government (2 answers total)

Best answer: I think you're thinking of Bill James, Popular Crime. It's a book but a lot of sections were excerpted a couple years ago around when it was released, and he did a lot of interviews. This article summarizes his point system.
posted by pie ninja at 4:28 PM on September 15, 2014 [2 favorites]

Response by poster: Excellent Pie Ninja! That's exactly the article I was thinking of.
posted by TorontoSandy at 4:54 PM on September 15, 2014