Corey Rayburn Yung on Nostr: Caveats to the stats people are citing about the incredibly high win rates of US ...
Caveats to the stats people are citing about the incredibly high win rates of US Attorneys in criminal cases:
* Some numbers cited include guilty pleas, which tell us little about trial rates
* A large percentage of those cases are possession crimes, which are far easier to prove
Federal prosecutors are very good at their job and, like most prosecutors, they win at a high rate (as should be expected since they have discretion to pick cases they pursue). But, let's not overstate their success.
* Some numbers cited include guilty pleas, which tell us little about trial rates
* A large percentage of those cases are possession crimes, which are far easier to prove
Federal prosecutors are very good at their job and, like most prosecutors, they win at a high rate (as should be expected since they have discretion to pick cases they pursue). But, let's not overstate their success.