By the time it gets to a jury, it's typically a lock. But prosecutors lose plenty of cases by surrendering before it gets to a jury. Doesn't count against the

By the time it gets to a jury, it's typically a lock. But prosecutors lose plenty of cases by surrendering before it gets to a jury. Doesn't count against their sky-high conviction rate, either. For that vanishingly small number of people who refused to take a plea and walked, go tell them bargaining was the better bet. Bargaining wasn't the better bet in my case either, no matter how many lawyers pressured me to take one.