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Japanese police have a reputation of "interrogating" you until you confess, regardless of innocence. That's the only way to hit their 99% conviction rate. The
by pilgrimfff 4y ago
Japanese police have a reputation of "interrogating" you until you confess, regardless of innocence. That's the only way to hit their 99% conviction rate.
The last thing they need is another bludgeon.
- soraminazuki 4y agoForced confessions are unfortunately not unique to Japan [1]. Police will behave like that when you reward them based on the number of convictions and don't hold them accountable for screwing over innocent people. Still sucks, though. [1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=obCNQ0xksZ4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=obCNQ0xksZ4
- ALittleLight 4y agoI think this conviction rate statistic is out of context. In the US the conviction rate is 93% and, if the US measured conviction rate the way the Japanese do, it would be 99.8%. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate So, maybe, yes, the Japanese police interrogate you until you confess - I don't know. But other police must do effectively similar things.