Did you know?

I should start a category of, "did you know?" posts.

Every day I come across a statistic that surprises me. Sometimes I forget it as my brain runs low on memory. But occasionally something will prompt it back, like this.

Ford was alleged to have shot a man in the back of his knee, shattering the kneecap, before telling two of his sons and a nephew to finish the injured man off. They refused and the man survived.

A jury acquitted Ford of the charges relating to that incident but a retrial was ordered on some other firearm-related incidents.

He was on bail awaiting that trial when he died.

The interesting fact?

Only 48 percent of prosecuted violent charges result in a conviction. Violent offences are the least likely to result in conviction.