1. White collar cases often turn on technical details neither the judge nor the jury really understand. Even if the law's on your side it's a crapshoot. 2. De

1. White collar cases often turn on technical details neither the judge nor the jury really understand. Even if the law's on your side it's a crapshoot. 2. Defendants have enough money the prosecutors can't just scare them into taking a plea bargain. 98% of federal cases are pled out (which is a good indication of tyranny). Prosecutors don't have the resources to take every case to trial, especially complex cases. It's easy to get people to understand drug distribution and bank robbery without calling dozens of expert witnesses. Financial flimflam? Not so much. 3. The public cares a lot more about keeping violent criminals behind bars than fraudsters. Also, this bugs me: >It’s been nearly a decade since the financial crisis, and yet no big-company executives are behind bars. One reason, says Eisinger, is that court rulings have taken away tactics that prosecutors had used to pressure defendants, such as restricting attorney-client privilege and preventing their companies from bankrolling sky-high legal bills. Prosecutors should not have "tactics to pressure defendants". If you can't get a conviction without taking the defendant's money so he can't afford a lawyer, maybe you don't have a case.