> The goal is to convict no matter what. That is how the incentives are lined up. No, the goal of the prosecution is to convict no matter what. The goal of the

> The goal is to convict no matter what. That is how the incentives are lined up. No, the goal of the prosecution is to convict no matter what. The goal of the defense is to prevent the prosecution from winning. In order to win, one side must convince a jury. This is an intentionally designed adversarial system. The European system, where a judge is essentially an inquisitor trying to discover the truth rather than a referee, is not better, it's just different. It is not more immune to abuse or bad results than the Anglo-American system.