Don't they also hate to lose though? This seems an unlikely case for a prosecutor to win. If it were a civil case, sure, the standard is much lower there, but for a criminal case the standard is "beyond a reasonable doubt".

I guess they could be gambling that she can't afford a good lawyer; many people can't.

> they love to cite their tough-on-crime statistics.

Where can we see their tough-on-innocence statistics?

This is "lock the innocent" tho. The DA is not tough om crime, the criminal went to his merry way.