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he decision to bring charges always starts with the prosecutor. Good prosecutors do not bring cases to trial that they cannot win.

[muawiyah]

Actually that's not so. The best record in American history is that of the United States Postal Inspection Service. They have had a 95% or better conviction rate.

That means somebody somewhere else is losing more than 5% if the Inspectors lose that much.

Part of it is selecting the right law to prosecute under.