It's even easier than that. You don't need actual torture to extract confessions: Pressed by Police, Even Innocent Confess in Japan http://www.nytimes.com/200

It's even easier than that. You don't need actual torture to extract confessions: Pressed by Police, Even Innocent Confess in Japan http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/world/asia/11japan.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/world/asia/11japan.html Also: Japan is unique among democratic countries in that confessions are obtained from 95% of all people arrested, and that its courts convict 99.9% of all the suspects brought before them. (...) It is how the police obtain these confessions that troubles human-rights activists. A suspect can be held for 48 hours without legal counsel or contact with the outside world. After that, he or she is turned over to the public prosecutor for another 24 hours of grilling. A judge can then grant a further ten days of detention, which can be renewed for another ten days. http://www.debito.org/?p=217 http://www.debito.org/?p=217