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From: FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: With any luck...
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 06:49:35 -0400
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On 5/30/24 2:21 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 11:31:44 -0400, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/28/24 2:26 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>> With any luck Trump will be found guilty on all counts today. We've
>>> waited long enough.
>>
>>
>> Maybe Friday... today is really doubtful.  I expect he might be guilty
>> on some counts, and skate on others.
>>
>> But you never know what a jury will do.  Hung juries aren't like you see
>> on Teevee.
>>
>> It's pretty rare... about 6% of the juries hang.  Convictions are more
>> than 10 times that.
> 
> Am surprised the conviction rate isn't much higher - prosecutors have
> control over what cases go to trial and which don't and especially in
> major (aka "high profile") trials make darned sure they feel they've
> "got the goods" before proceeding to trial.
> 


It's a misleading figure.  Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants 
were acquitted in 2022.

The overwhelming majority of defendants in federal criminal cases that 
year did not go to trial at all. About nine-in-ten (89.5%) pleaded 
guilty, while another 8.2% had their case dismissed at some point in the 
judicial process, according to the data from the Administrative Office 
of the U.S. Courts.

They don't lose many cases.

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