Rory Sutherland Rory Sutherland

Lucy Letby and the problem with statistics

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issue 31 August 2024

First Fred West, now Lucy Letby. At this rate, it won’t be long before Herefordshire has produced more serial killers than it has miles of dual carriageway. You might assume growing up in one of England’s loveliest counties would make people placid, but then you haven’t spent half your life stuck behind a caravan on the A465.

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