From an LA Times article about the Barry Bonds indictment. Explaining why the indictment was delayed for over a year, the article says:
"The question was what would happen to someone's career if they took this case and didn't win it," the former official said. "They wanted assurances" they would win a conviction."
The statement that failure to convict can harm a prosecutor's career is highly revealing. Since this is the case, it is no surprise that many prosecutors have resorted to unethical tactics in order to convict defendants who turned out to be innocent.
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