Quoting from Wikipedia [1]: The conviction rate is 99.3%. By only stating this high conviction rate it is often misunderstood as too high—however, this high co

Quoting from Wikipedia [1]: The conviction rate is 99.3%. By only stating this high conviction rate it is often misunderstood as too high—however, this high conviction rate drops significantly when accounting for the fact that Japanese prosecutors drop roughly half the cases they are given. If measured in the same way, the United States' conviction rate would be 99.8%. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan