I’ve heard people say that lawyers only choose to prosecute cases that they know they might win, but isn’t that true for lawyers in basically any country, anywhere?
EDIT: I meant conviction rate in the title.
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This video talks about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Z0xCyfKSI
Basically, if the defendant doesn’t admit they did it (cause they are actually innocent), the police can essential hold them indefinitely and mentally torture them until they confess. One of the cases shown in the video is a women who was prosecuted for killing her daughter in a fire, which turns out was an accident, despite the fact that she maintained her innocence, they still convicted her and she did jail, it took an outside group to help her get out.
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