Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Trial stats

The commenters were correct that I posted the wrong link concerning the number of trials in this District. Thanks to a helpful reader, here is the correct link for the total trials in this District and the rest of the country. The conclusion in the prior post -- that we try more cases in this District than any other -- is still correct.
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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:20 PM

    I guess tomorrow (Wednesday) we'll find out whether the Gov't will re-try the "Liberty City 6" case.

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  2. Anonymous6:51 PM

    Let's look at some of those numbers -

    Total acquittals 10th Cir: 20
    Total acquittals 7th Cir: 14
    Total acquittals 1st Cir: 23


    Total acquittals SD Fla: 25!!!

    Except for the Eastern District of VA, which had a total of 37 bench acquittals (Anybody know why so high) SD Fla beat the pants off all else.

    So, question is: Is the bar that good, the prosecutors that bad, the charging decisions so poor, or some combination of the three?

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  3. Anonymous8:49 AM

    What is the percentage of loss out of number of cases tried? I only glanced at the chart, but it appears SDFL also had a huge number of trials compared to those (and just about every other district).

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