Re: With any luck...

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.

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Maybe Friday... today is really doubtful.  I expect he might be guilty
on some counts, and skate on others.
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But you never know what a jury will do.  Hung juries aren't like you see
on Teevee.
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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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