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by kubatyszko 1412 days ago
The 99% rate is NOT because the system (prosecutors, judges) is "good", the rate is so high because system is structured to bully anyone arrested to admit to the crimes. You're basically coerced into confession, whether or not you did it.
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There's a simple way to test this:

What percentage of convictions are accompanied by confessions?

I don't know the answer to that, actually.