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Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by nordsieck on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:00PM (#20813273)
> Perhaps he's innocent?

Perhaps.

However, one of the ways prosecutor maintain a 95%+ conviction rate is to only pursue cases they are extremely confident they could win in court. And sure, just because someone loses in court or pleas out doesn't mean they are actually guilty, but it's the best system we have.

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Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by microtherion on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @03:54PM (#20813807)
In particular, to bring a white collar case against an extremely wealthy defendant, they must feel they have a pretty good case.
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Re:Anthony Levandowski Charged with Theft of Trade Secrets by rrix2 on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @04:13PM (#20813978)
Even then, it seems like they often don't. I just read Chickenshit Club on this subject and recommend it: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Chickenshit-Club/...
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