More than that, if you use statistical evidence you open the door to things like &quot;poor people are more likely to commit X crime, and you are poor, so you are more likely to have committed the crime.&quot; While it&#x27;s valid inference, it&#x27;s a terrible setup for a justice system. I&#x27;m sure there are plenty of causal correlations between being some particular protected class (gay&#x2F;black&#x2F;muslim) and committing different crimes, but we exclude discrimination on those for a reason. Statistical inference and justice should not go hand in hand.