united-states criminal-law trial
What is the overall conviction rate of U.S. criminal courts?
<p>Of all criminal cases that go to trial <em>and</em> end in a verdict in the United States, what percentage result in a conviction for at least one of the offenses being prosecuted?</p>

<p>68%. <a href="http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=qa&amp;iid=403" rel="nofollow">Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics</a>.</p>

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=qa&iid=403

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  <p><strong>What is the probability of conviction for felony defendants?</strong></p>
  
  <p>Among felony defendants whose cases were adjudicated within the one-year tracking period (89% of cases), 68% were convicted. This includes a 59% felony conviction rate with the remainder receiving misdemeanor convictions. Felony conviction rates were highest for defendants originally charged with motor vehicle theft (74%), a driving-related offense (73%), murder (70%), burglary (69%), or drug trafficking (67%). They were lowest for defendants originally charged with assault (45%).</p>
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