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But if we didn't convict the innocent, public prosecutors couldn't exhort the public into voting them back into office on the basis of an absurdly high convicti

by rectang 11y ago

But if we didn't convict the innocent, public prosecutors couldn't exhort the public into voting them back into office on the basis of an absurdly high conviction rate!

fsloth 11y ago
Why is a conviction rate a key performance indicator? I thought the western justice system existed mainly to inhibit crime, and if conviction rates are high, the system is not doing a very good job at inhibiting it.
- malka 11y ago
  > I thought the western justice system existed mainly to inhibit crime Personally I think the western justice system is more about pusishing crimimals than inhibiting crime.
  - tete 11y ago
    I think malka meant both officially and "how it should be".
  - fsloth 11y ago
    I live in a western country (Finland) where crime inhibition seems still to be the main purpose of the justice system - although there is constant discussion about "getting tougher on crime".