Had lunch with my friend today who has practiced law in DC/VA/MD for decades. His info and insights are as follow:
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Among his peers, even though "pizzagate" is a relatively unused term, the Clinton Foundation, the Podesta emails, and human trafficking have been coming up more and more frequently in every day conversation.
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Crowd-sourced or citizen-investigation derived evidence is perfectly valid and will hold up. Also, most criminals are convicted on circumstancial evidence. It's just a chain or "pile" of it (like exactly what we are doing).
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There is (in his opinion) a very high chance of a special prosecutor being appointed for these matters, and very early in the coming administration.
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He also commended the efforts that have been made. Cheers, keep up the good work.
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kneo24 ago
The current recidivism rate varies widely depending on the sources I can find. The biggest variance is 10% to 50%, while the smallest is 18% to 45%. Anything I can find pre 2005 shows recidivism rates as high as 14%. Things can easily change in ten years, so I try to not use studies older than ten years when talking about statistics unless it's the only thing I can find.
Do you have any contemporary sources about recidivism rates for us to look at?