> , just didn't prosecute. which is false, unsurprisingly. bulglaries ... prosecutors had filed charges in about 66% of the cases and filed motions to revoke

> , just didn't prosecute. which is false, unsurprisingly. bulglaries ... prosecutors had filed charges in about 66% of the cases and filed motions to revoke probation in about 82% of cases. prosecuted 35 of 61 (57%) sexual assault cases requested for prosecution by police. what you point out is the real tragedy. due to the brutal level of overall crime the small ones slip through the system. which results in criminals going free for a long time. the level of deterrence is very low. on top of all this the prison system makes things worse, but there's currently no alternative. it's a multifaceted systemic problem (underfunded overly-brutal and excessively inefficient police department, politicized prosecution, underfunded public defender system, and the cherry on top is the lack of reintegration for convicts; the probation system is unnecessarily cruel and also inefficient)