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Though all along I comforted myself with the DOJ's impressive conviction rate which to me presupposes very strong resources and investigations as well as skilled prosecutors.

https://www.doarlaw.com/blog/2021/04/what-you-should-know-about-the-federal-governments-conviction-rate/

How many defendants does the federal government successfully convict?

Data published by the Pew Research Center in 2019 highlighted how federal prosecutors have a 99.6% conviction rate. To put those numbers in perspective, U.S. Attorneys filed 79,704 cases in 2018. Of those, only 320 resulted in acquittals.

It’s important to remember, however, that many cases end in plea deals — which count as a “win” for the prosecution. Pew Research Center’s data shows that defendants facing federal criminal charges only took their cases to trial at the following rates in 2018:

Immigration offenses: 1%
Drug offenses: 2%
Property offenses: 4%
Violent crimes: 7%

Federal prosecutors have unlimited funds available to investigate crimes. This is one reason many legal analysts suspect that the conviction rate at the federal level is so high. It may also be why there’s been a 60% decline in the number of cases proceeding to trial during the past two decades.