> most prosecutions will be misdemeanors So... We do prosecute petty crime? Ok then. And since America has far more prisoners than basically any other country

> most prosecutions will be misdemeanors So... We do prosecute petty crime? Ok then. And since America has far more prisoners than basically any other country... We're prosecuting a lot of them. > It's difficult to call probation or parole violations "low-level offenses" without knowing the underlying offense. Feel free to read through the link instead of just the quoted section. There's no shortage of statistics and source data in the Methodology link.