Sometime back in the 90's, I remember seeing a segment about the Japanese justice system on either 20/20 or 60 Minutes. Basically there was an American who had

Sometime back in the 90's, I remember seeing a segment about the Japanese justice system on either 20/20 or 60 Minutes. Basically there was an American who had the misfortune of simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time, got arrested, and had to endure this torture for the better part of a year. I they said he was lucky enough to actually be in the 1% that isn't convicted. The whole ordeal was so bad that it actually made me afraid to even consider visiting that country. This is nothing new, its just that everyone is now being reminded about it because of a high profile case making the news rounds.