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You believe it based on what? Hoover Institution press releases or some data you can actually share with us?

Not that you seem like you're likely to have your mind changed, but you can look at prosecuted misdemeanors on this website broken out by type. Misdemeanors prosecuted for burglary have been declining pretty quickly sine 2018. For theft, they only prosecuted 48 cases since 2011, I'm guessing there's been way more instances of theft beyond those 48 cases over 10+ years lol. Petty theft also has been on decline since 2018 for what it's worth.

https://www.sfdistrictattorney.org/policy/data-dashboards/

I don't think I am being unclear about my request. Your dashboard in no way shows or implies that a district attorney in Texas is more likely to prosecute a misdemeanor theft than the SF district attorney.

All your dashboard says to me is that the DA presses charges in the majority of misdemeanor petty theft arrests, and the trend in the absolute decline of such cases is driven by the lack of arrests, which declined more than half from 2011 to 2022, which is consistent with my point that it doesn't have anything to do with the DA, it is caused by poor police productivity.

https://media.giphy.com/media/Fml0fgAxVx1eM/giphy.gif

No data needed, the proof is in the pudding.

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