Editorial: Wilson saved money without increasing crime. Other solicitors should too.

It seems obvious that you can reduce the harm done to innocent people by taking steps early on to weed out the weakest low-level criminal cases. So does the idea that doing this will save tax dollars, especially but not exclusively when it involves people who otherwise

would be stuck in jail awaiting trial. Ditto the idea that freeing up prosecutors from having to deal with those unwinnable cases will better serve crime victims.

And if that were all the Justice Innovation Lab’s latest report on its five-year partnership with the 9th Circuit solicitor’s office revealed, we’d be rolling our eyes at the waste of time, along with the rest of you.