> Even paying prosecutors money is an incentive to prosecute people. >>> Unless you are paying per prosecution, it's not. You are correct. To a hammer, every

> Even paying prosecutors money is an incentive to prosecute people. >>> Unless you are paying per prosecution, it's not. You are correct. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. A prosecutor is paid a salary. They want to keep (or improve) that salary. Until recently, it was presumed that prosecutors would prosecute, to justify their job and perhaps aspire to higher office. It seems that relationship is far more tenuous than expected because the tone is set at the top (Boudin in SF, Bragg in NYC). But the relationship still exists, as you pointed out. The threat of layoffs is far less significant than the threat of