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There’s an amazing comic called “Doing Time” by Kazuichi Hanawa about life in a Japanese prison https://www.abebooks.com/9788493340902/Doing-Time-Hanawa-Kazuic

There’s an amazing comic called “Doing Time” by Kazuichi Hanawa about life in a Japanese prison https://www.abebooks.com/9788493340902/Doing-Time-Hanawa-Kazuichi-8493340901/plp https://www.abebooks.com/9788493340902/Doing-Time-Hanawa-Kaz... Hanawa was an avant-garde cartoonist who spent time in prison for building and shooting homemade guns (which he did as hobby, not with any larger criminal intentions). He illustrates daily life, abuse by guards, and the stories of his fellow prisoners quite vividly.

redis_mlc 7y ago
From what I've read, the 99% conviction rate in Japan is from only prosecuting winnable cases ie. propping up the conviction rate. The US does some related things: 1. The DoJ mailed letters to large employers to not provide legal funding for company officers because they were out-gunned. Those letters were laughed off. 2. The conviction rate for prosecutors is their "score-card" which creates all kinds of perverse incentives, especially for those elected 3. The SEC is very selective about who they will prosecute and avoid defendants with deep pockets
crmrc114 7y ago
There are a couple takes on this I have read (Note; Going to japan to visit the peace museum is still on my bucket list.) https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-guilty-until-proven-innocent-documentary-shines-light-on-controversial-legal-system https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-guilty-until-pro... https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-conviction-rate https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-con... There was a video documentary I watched some time ago and hopefully someone can find the name because I cannot. It basically went on to describe that in japan they would only file murder charges on suspects when they knew they could get a conviction. Otherwise the police would just file the death as an accident or something. The other thing it went into is how the yakuza would basically act as a un-official police force. Basically the proper police would let them exist as long as they kept the criminal element inline. It was a cool documentary, really hope one of you gets a neuron spark and can tell me the name. My take as someone who wants to visit: Seems like most legal issues you read about -with people visiting japan- is they do stupid things drunk or they get into fights. It's a nation where five year old kiddos ride public transportation alone. I think they just have zero tolerance for stupid anti-social behavior.

redis_mlc 7y ago

From what I've read, the 99% conviction rate in Japan is from only prosecuting winnable cases ie. propping up the conviction rate. The US does some related things: 1. The DoJ mailed letters to large employers to not provide legal funding for company officers because they were out-gunned. Those letters were laughed off. 2. The conviction rate for prosecutors is their "score-card" which creates all kinds of perverse incentives, especially for those elected 3. The SEC is very selective about who they will prosecute and avoid defendants with deep pockets

crmrc114 7y ago

There are a couple takes on this I have read (Note; Going to japan to visit the peace museum is still on my bucket list.) https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-guilty-until-proven-innocent-documentary-shines-light-on-controversial-legal-system https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-guilty-until-pro... https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-conviction-rate https://www.vox.com/world/2015/12/13/9989250/japan-crime-con... There was a video documentary I watched some time ago and hopefully someone can find the name because I cannot. It basically went on to describe that in japan they would only file murder charges on suspects when they knew they could get a conviction. Otherwise the police would just file the death as an accident or something. The other thing it went into is how the yakuza would basically act as a un-official police force. Basically the proper police would let them exist as long as they kept the criminal element inline. It was a cool documentary, really hope one of you gets a neuron spark and can tell me the name. My take as someone who wants to visit: Seems like most legal issues you read about -with people visiting japan- is they do stupid things drunk or they get into fights. It's a nation where five year old kiddos ride public transportation alone. I think they just have zero tolerance for stupid anti-social behavior.