Florida is a great state for criminals.
The conviction rate for the 12th Judicial Circuit has become a point of contention between the candidates for state attorney, with Republican Ed Brodsky and Democrat John Torraco quoting different numbers in debates in the last two weeks.
Torraco, a Sarasota defense attorney who worked in Washington, cites statistics that show the State Attorney’s Office wins 57 percent of the time in felony cases that go to trial, excluding last-minute plea bargains.
Ed Brodsky, left, and John Torraco
In the federal courts, conviction rates are regularly around 95 percent, he says. He holds this up as proof the State Attorney’s Office is not effective under Brodsky, the second-in-command under the current state attorney, Earl Moreland.
“They are horrendous at trial,” Torraco said. “As a trial attorney, I’d love to go to trial every day including Sunday against them, because I know I’d win.”
http://politics.heraldtribune.com/2012/09/29/in-state-attorney-race-conviction-rates-are-questioned/
The conviction rate is also high in U.S. state courts. Coughlan writes, "In recent years, the conviction rate has averaged approximately 84% in Texas, 82% in California, 72% in New York, 67% in North Carolina, and 59% in Florida."[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate
In Los Angeles County, the conviction rate is 87.8%.
http://www.grandjuryfoundation.org/lgconvictions_table2.pdf
I remember hearing one frustrated public defender in one courtroom threaten to go work for the post office.
So, criminals should move to Florida. Avoid California at all costs.
If you are interested, here are some numbers on Dallas County, Texas: 99.4% or 87.6% in 2009 depending on whether you count plea bargains.
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20100821-Dallas-County-DA-touts-conviction-rate-9970.ece
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Also the gun laws in Florida create a bad work environment for those in the criminal profession.
The legal system may allow you to walk but am armed Floridian can ruin your whole day or put you six feet under. The weather may be nice but the natives are somewhat trigger happy. To top it off almost one million Florida residents have concealed weapons permits. You decide to rob some old fart on the street and he pulls out a 357 magnum or a .40 caliber Glock pistol with a laser sight.
My advise is for criminals to move to states with strong gun control. The problem is that there are fewer and fewer of them.
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