Nova
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And how many second trials after a mistrial result in a successful conviction?
Isn't it quite common for a second (and especially third trial) to succeed? I've heard it said conventional wisdom holds that retrials greatly favor the prosecution because the DA knows how to focus his case.
But I readily admit I've never seen any formal statistics? Is the conventional wisdom wrong?