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A comment on Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement. Parent comment

Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement by l33tbro on Friday June 19, 2015 @01:51AM (#9743210)
In what context do you mean?
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Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement by jacquesm on Friday June 19, 2015 @02:06AM (#9743244)
In the context of your communications with the prosecutors you are familiar with.
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Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement by l33tbro on Friday June 19, 2015 @03:19AM (#9743395)
No. I think that gets thrown around more at the legislator level - it's certainly not a KPI or anything.
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Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement by jacquesm on Friday June 19, 2015 @03:29AM (#9743413)
Interesting, wikipedia has an entry on conviction rate and it specifically mentions 'prosecutor':

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate

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Re:Albert Woodfox's Forty Years in Solitary Confinement by l33tbro on Friday June 19, 2015 @02:39PM (#9746768)
Sure. But as I said, it's a descriptor used in reporting- not a target for those in the trenches
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