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Conviction rates for one.

• Thorrez 6y ago
  Does the prosecutor get to choose which cases to prosecute? If so if you're optimizing for a high conviction rate you should drop all cases except your absolutely most solid case. Then just ride that 100% conviction rate for the rest of your career while dropping all future cases.
  • jjk166 6y ago
    Conviction rates don't exist in a vacuum though. If you have a 100% conviction rating but have only prosecuted one case, no one is going to care. The real key is to bring extreme charges against large numbers of people and then offer them palatable plea deals. You get a large number of convictions with little effort and the few people who risk going to court aren't going to hurt your conviction rate much even if they win.