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Comment by NateEag

10 hours ago

"When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."

That is, yes, a ~50% conviction rate would be decent evidence that the Justice system is neither over-aggressive or under-aggressive in pursuing protection.

If it were an explicit goal, it could not serve that purpose any longer.

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