And most these prosecuters are motivated by political gain. It’s not about justice, it’s about making a name for yourself.
Yes, exactly. The prosecutor or D.A. is usually an elected office. He wants a highly successful prosecution record. So his subordinates are under great pressure to achieve a 90%+ conviction rate. A plea is considered a conviction. And trials are time consuming and require a lot of real lawyering which they are not accustomed to. So office politics rules. The boss wants to win re-election or run for mayor or higher office, so all the prosecutors in his office better give him the statistics he wants, so he can campaign on his “achievements”.
If you watched The Wire on HBO, a great show btw, one of the themes is about the statistics of governance. The police precinct captain wants good arrest and ‘clearance’ statistics to please the chief. The chief wants good statistics to please the city council and mayor. The city council wants good number so they can run for mayor. The mayor wants good stats so he can run for governor. The school administrators want the student test scores to improve so they can get more money from the district, the district wants good scores so they can get more money from the state and feds... and on and on it goes.