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I can only assume it's because the DA wanted to pad their statistics. They run for that position, and can campaign with the conviction rate. "Tough on crime" s
by TrackerFF 6y ago
I can only assume it's because the DA wanted to pad their statistics. They run for that position, and can campaign with the conviction rate.
"Tough on crime" sadly has a long and sordid history of similar convictions.
- Jeff_Brown 6y agoDoes charging someone with a crime, doing nothing about it for 20 years, and not even telling them, actually help a DA? Shouldn't the number of filed charges sitting idle count against them, if anything? It would seem like evidence that the DA is, so to speak, all talk and no action.