But if we didn't convict the innocent, public prosecutors couldn't exhort the public into voting them back into office on the basis of an absurdly high conviction rate!
Why is a conviction rate a key performance indicator? I thought the western justice system existed mainly to inhibit crime, and if conviction rates are high, the system is not doing a very good job at inhibiting it.
I live in a western country (Finland) where crime inhibition seems still to be the main purpose of the justice system - although there is constant discussion about "getting tougher on crime".
