Another commentator touched on how those stats can be misleading, so I want to stress that it is often touted as the only relevant metric. You never see it pres

Another commentator touched on how those stats can be misleading, so I want to stress that it is often touted as the only relevant metric. You never see it presented in context of total number of indictments, overturns on appeal, break downs by offense, etc. I'd even argue it's ONLY relevant in the context of other stats. For example, the other issue I didn't see the other commentor speak on is it can lead to UNDER enforcement. It can create an incentive to ignore "complicated" wrong doing, or quickly dropping charges against those who plea bargain to preserve a high conviction rate, even if it's against the public interest. So when you see "conviction rate" it's impossible to know if they're actually good at prosecuting. You can only tell they're good at identifying cases where a conviction is highly likely.