It’s only one city, but with five very different counties and five separately elected district attorneys, conviction, acquittal, dismissal and decline-to-prosecute rates vary widely, a reflection of the different demographics and dynamics in the Big Apple boroughs.
A New York Law Journal analysis of state data indicates that whether a felony case goes to trial, whether there is a conviction, whether the offender goes to state prison, whether the case is dismissed and whether the case is even prosecuted may hinge largely on where the crime occurred.
