In the OJ Simpson trial it was accepted that OJ had battered his wife. OJ’s lawyer tried to negate the impact of this information by stating that in a one year period, only 1 out of 2500 battered...

In the OJ Simpson trial it was accepted that OJ had battered his wife. OJ’s lawyer tried to negate the impact of this information by stating that in a one year period, only 1 out of 2500 battered women are murdered, so the fact that OJ battered his wife does not give much evidence that he was the murderer. The prosecution (foolishly!) let this go unchallenged. Here are the relevant statistics: In a typical year 6.25 million women are battered, 2500 are battered and murdered, and 2250 of the women who were battered and murdered were killed by the batterer. How should the prosecution have refuted the defense’s argument?