Mafia 40. In the Name of the Emperor

So, what's the point of recruiting if there's only a 25% chance, and in case of failure (there are a ton of possibilities), the target of the recruitment is revealed? Why reveal someone who is definitely not a heretic at the beginning of the game?

What's so terrible about that? Well, the town will conclude that the unrecruited person is definitely not a heretic, so what? There are still the second mafia and the maniac left – meaning there's no certainty that this person is 100% innocent. But you can get into serious trouble with a murder.