DA's may have incentives to not drop cases. Take the case of Paulette Cooper, where the Church of Scientology was later found (in Operation Snow White) to have

DA's may have incentives to not drop cases. Take the case of Paulette Cooper, where the Church of Scientology was later found (in Operation Snow White) to have done things like falsified evidence, etc. against people. Despite this, the DA didn't back down.