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I’m sure he did not intend to convey that there are a few percentage of people in jail who are innocent.

He was intentionally trying to paint the picture that there are tons of people in jail who are innocent - even the majority. Who, but a propagandist, would use words like “jail cells are filled with innocent people” to convey the reality that only a few percentage of cells have innocent people? I find that slight-of-hand wording a bit repulsive.

If you were to do a survey, I bet anything that the majority of people, who don’t parse every word, would interpret that statement as “jails being full of innocent people”.

I’m sure he did not intend to convey that there are a few percentage of people in jail who are innocent.

I think that is what he was trying to say. It’s how I interpreted it. Actually, I interpreted it to mean, “You’d be shocked at just how many innocent people are occupying prison cells right now.”

But the bottom line is that it was a statement made to make a point that is real, but can not be proven, for obvious reasons. You have to address it somehow. I thought he did a good job of addressing it. His words should not be “over parsed.” They made the point. It’s a real issue, and it’s really not rare.

He was intentionally trying to paint the picture that there are tons of people in jail who are innocent - even the majority.

I agree with everything before the hyphen, but not what follows. I think there are tons of people in prison that are innocent. So he communicated what I happen to already believe.

If you were to do a survey, I bet anything that the majority of people, who don’t parse every word, would interpret that statement as “jails being full of innocent people”.

That may be. But that is their problem for not reading what he clearly says.

And “money” is not the root of all evil, Rather, THE LOVE OF MONEY is a root of all kinds of evil.

But you would be wrong to blame the bible for people’s incorrect inference from its plain language (as was his).

But the point is really moot. He was not making a Big Fat Claim. He was trying to drive home the point that there are a lot of innocent people in prison who are there because they thought that if they were just honest and shared everything they would be fine.

I may have the advantage of having seen his video at least ten times. I understand clearly his points and am convinced, based on his anecdotal evidence alone, that if I’m being questioned about anything that is of any significance, and criminal, I need to lawyer up before I say a word.