It's actually more than 99% conviction rate with some sources [1] saying 99.9%. A great movie on the Japanese judicial system is I just didn't do it (Soredemo

It's actually more than 99% conviction rate with some sources [1] saying 99.9%. A great movie on the Japanese judicial system is I just didn't do it (Soredemo boku wa yattenai) [2] It's a phenomenal movie but really shows that Japan has a real issues. Given that if I were Ghosn, I'd have escaped too, there was no way for him to get a fair trial in Japan. [1] https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c05401/order-in-the-court-explaining-japan’s-99-9-conviction-rate.html https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c05401/order-in-the-c... [2] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0794350/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0794350/