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They can keep you two weeks (as opposed to two days in the US) without filing charges. As long as you don't confess, they won't actually bring charges unless th

by namlem 9y ago

They can keep you two weeks (as opposed to two days in the US) without filing charges. As long as you don't confess, they won't actually bring charges unless they have compelling evidence.

glandium 9y ago
I think it's 48 hours in Japan too.
- mc32 9y ago
  It's 23 days according to[1] which in an unheated (or conversely uncooled) cell along with "confess even if you didn't do it, it will make it easier" spiel can be hard to withstand. [1]http://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/arrests.html http://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/arrests.html
  - joecool1029 9y ago
    Call me skeptical regarding being held without charge in Japan. I know of a certain infamous French national that was held for months without charge there. [1]. The loophole I guess was adding a second charge when the first 'grace period' expired. [1]http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34217495 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34217495
    - elmigranto 9y ago
      > held without charge > adding a second charge Okay.
  - glandium 9y ago
    My bad, I misremembered, the base is actually 3 days (72 hours, that's the number I actually knew, but I mixed up with something else), and can be prolonged for 10 days by prosecution if a judge allows it, and can be prolonged for 10 more days after that, again validated by a judge. After that, the detainee needs to be either charged or released. Supposedly, the extensions are for cases where there is risk of destruction of evidence or disappearance. Wikipedia cites some (old, 1987) numbers that 85% of arrested detainees were kept for longer than 72 hours and more than a third were held without charge for longer than ten days. Interestingly enough (having now done some minimal research), for terrorism cases, you can be detained up to 28 (!) days without a charge in the UK. https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/sites/default/files/comparative-law-study-2010-pre-charge-detention.pdf https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/sites/default/files/...
    - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
      So they can only try to torture a confession out of you for 20 days? That's all right, then.
- ekianjo 9y ago
  No its not.
InTempWeTrust 9y ago
They can create 2 TB file of noise on your phone and hold you in contempt indefinatly. Laws are not physical laws. They are ruleset made to be bend by those in power.

by namlem 9y ago

They can keep you two weeks (as opposed to two days in the US) without filing charges. As long as you don't confess, they won't actually bring charges unless they have compelling evidence.

glandium 9y ago

I think it's 48 hours in Japan too.

mc32 9y ago
It's 23 days according to[1] which in an unheated (or conversely uncooled) cell along with "confess even if you didn't do it, it will make it easier" spiel can be hard to withstand. [1]http://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/arrests.html http://japan.embassy.gov.au/tkyo/arrests.html
- joecool1029 9y ago
  Call me skeptical regarding being held without charge in Japan. I know of a certain infamous French national that was held for months without charge there. [1]. The loophole I guess was adding a second charge when the first 'grace period' expired. [1]http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34217495 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34217495
  - elmigranto 9y ago
    > held without charge > adding a second charge Okay.
- glandium 9y ago
  My bad, I misremembered, the base is actually 3 days (72 hours, that's the number I actually knew, but I mixed up with something else), and can be prolonged for 10 days by prosecution if a judge allows it, and can be prolonged for 10 more days after that, again validated by a judge. After that, the detainee needs to be either charged or released. Supposedly, the extensions are for cases where there is risk of destruction of evidence or disappearance. Wikipedia cites some (old, 1987) numbers that 85% of arrested detainees were kept for longer than 72 hours and more than a third were held without charge for longer than ten days. Interestingly enough (having now done some minimal research), for terrorism cases, you can be detained up to 28 (!) days without a charge in the UK. https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/sites/default/files/comparative-law-study-2010-pre-charge-detention.pdf https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/sites/default/files/...
  - PhasmaFelis 9y ago
    So they can only try to torture a confession out of you for 20 days? That's all right, then.
ekianjo 9y ago
No its not.

InTempWeTrust 9y ago

They can create 2 TB file of noise on your phone and hold you in contempt indefinatly. Laws are not physical laws. They are ruleset made to be bend by those in power.