Why Is Their Conviction Rate So High?
Are the feds really that good? How do they have a 96% conviction rate? Does the FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, and all other federal agencies really have the best investigators in the world?
Is that why they have a 96% conviction rate and why there are 155,000 inmates in federal prison?
Or is it because you messed up, and when the feds started talking to you, they told you that you could do a whole lot less time in federal prison if you just say who else was involved?
Where’d you get the dope? Where did the money come from? Who gave you the firearm?
That’s all they want to know, and they’re “going to help you out.” Say what they want you to say and you’ll get a 5k1 letter, then they’ll be lenient in federal court.
But, the truth is different than you think.
Oftentimes, you’ll get a one or two level reduction on the sentencing guidelines. You end up risking your life in federal prison for six, eight, maybe nine months off your sentence.
When multiple defendants are involved, it becomes a matter of who talks first, and it’s rare that an entire case of defendants are strong enough to stand up to them when they’re threatening years and years in federal prison.
Most conspiracies are built on somebody talking to the feds. They have defendants do the job for them. No need to investigate.
That’s why you need Crimes That Never Happened: Beating Federal Conspiracies by Larry J. Levine. This book is the bible when it comes to drug or white collar conspiracy charges.