Felony arrests rarely become felony convictions in most cities

Evidence

As Figure 6.2 confirms, “in the real world, an arrest rarely ends anything."" In none of the four cities in the figure were as many as one-third of those arrested in felony cases convicted of felonies. Prosecutors dismissed many cases or downgraded them to misdemeanors and sent them to a trial court of limited jurisdiction. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1672

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the course’s treatment of prosecutorial discretion and case attrition as a structural feature of the criminal justice system. — connects to: Most felony arrests occur at the scene or from victim identification — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1671
• DEEPTHINKING: The funnel from arrest to conviction is so lossy that ‘the criminal justice system’ is more a set of discretionary screening decisions than a pipeline.

Broader Connections

• Most felony arrests occur at the scene or from victim identification #qualifies (0.95) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1671