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Japan has a 99% conviction rate: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20810572 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20810572 If prosecutors are sure that they ha
by fennecfoxy 3y ago
Japan has a 99% conviction rate: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20810572 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20810572
If prosecutors are sure that they have enough "evidence" or social bias (especially for people with criminal records) then they will relentlessly pursue a defendant like terminators.
It's not really a haven for justice.
- juliusgeo 3y agoThe US federal government has a similarly high conviction rate, especially considering the number of plea deals (90% of defendants plead guilty). https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/11/only-2-of-federal-criminal-defendants-go-to-trial-and-most-who-do-are-found-guilty/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/11/only-2-of.... I went to Wikipedia to find more information and it seems that your characterization of it as very unjust is a common misconception: > According to Bruce Aronson of New York University School of Law, Japan's conviction rate is misleading because it is the rate at which defendants admit guilt in the cases they are charged with. According to him, if the method of calculating the conviction rate in Japan is applied to the United States, the conviction rate of federal defendants in the United States in 2018 was also over 99%. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice_system_of_Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice_system_of_J...
- fennecfoxy 3y agoI'm not American and I definitely do not think America is a haven for justice either, ha ha.