Comments on: Conviction Rates Matter http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2009/12/15/conviction-rates-matter/ Irreverent and insightful observations on criminal law Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Neff http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2009/12/15/conviction-rates-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-39860 John Neff Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:56:23 +0000 http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/?p=325#comment-39860 I recently read an article about the large reduction in the population of the county jail that serves Philadelphia and one of the two reasons for the reduction was that the county attorney was dismissing charges within a few days where there was no prospect of a conviction. The other reason was the courts were sentencing pople to prison rather than suspending part of the sentence and having them serve the sentence in jail. You post was written in Dec, 09 this was a very recent article so maybe they have a new CA or the old CA figured out what was happening. I recently read an article about the large reduction in the population of the county jail that serves Philadelphia and one of the two reasons for the reduction was that the county attorney was dismissing charges within a few days where there was no prospect of a conviction. The other reason was the courts were sentencing pople to prison rather than suspending part of the sentence and having them serve the sentence in jail.

You post was written in Dec, 09 this was a very recent article so maybe they have a new CA or the old CA figured out what was happening.

]]> By: elsewhere http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2009/12/15/conviction-rates-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-3985 elsewhere Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:33:57 +0000 http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/?p=325#comment-3985 Good post as always, man. Good post as always, man.

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