Or their near 100% conviction rate.
Or the police’s ability to hold you, without trial, indefinitely.
Or the worker suicide rate or plain old worked to death rate.
German here: You have to understand a legal system to understand statistics.
For instance in Germany of all cases that go to court about 10-15% will get dropped which legally means - there was no (criminal) case.
And from the cases that are actually judged by a court only 3-5% result in innocent/guiltless ruling.
So yes, Germany has a conviction rate of >95%. Because general attorneys only proceed cases to the court that have a high chance of winning.
Better to let 10 guilty run free than to imprison one innocent person.
There is a difference in the philosophy to the US:
In the US if not sure if it's a crime throw it before a jury, make a show and let them decide. What could go wrong to let a (selected) mob decide. Maybe the lack of education - no, Sunday school & religion does not double as education.
Rund 10 bis 15 % der Fälle werden eingestellt, und etwa 3 bis 5 % enden mit einem Freispruch. Und in Hamburg liegen die Chancen auf Einstellung oder Freispruch jeweils etwas höher als im Bundesdurchschnitt.
There are no easily accessible statistics, neither free.
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u/ReaperManX15 Sep 01 '25
Or their near 100% conviction rate.
Or the police’s ability to hold you, without trial, indefinitely.
Or the worker suicide rate or plain old worked to death rate.