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That's Russia for you. Anybody going against the corrupt ruling party is either killed or imprisoned. Actually, it's worse than that. The conviction rate in Ru

by rorrr2 13y ago

That's Russia for you. Anybody going against the corrupt ruling party is either killed or imprisoned. Actually, it's worse than that. The conviction rate in Russia is something like 99%, meaning that if you get charged with a crime, you will be found guilty. There are judges that have NEVER issued an innocent verdict in their career.

timw6n 13y ago
Which is not actually that different from the US, where the conviction rate is 93%, of which 97% accepted a plea bargain prior to trial. Source: http://www.justice.gov/usao/reading_room/reports/asr2011/11statrpt.pdf http://www.justice.gov/usao/reading_room/reports/asr2011/11s...
anonymfus 13y ago
By itself conviction rate is not indicator because there are different requirements for charges in different countries. It's called "inquisitorial legal system" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitorial_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inquisitorial_system ).
yread 13y ago
Japan has 99.97%
- Tyr42 13y ago
  That's because they drop any case that they have a chance of losing, since it reflects poorly on them.
  - Zikes 13y ago
    Part of their strategy is also to conclude that almost any murder is a suicide, which artificially inflates those statistics quite a bit.
  - Torgo 13y ago
    I have seen assertions over the years that forced confessions are common too. No idea how to even verify this, though.
spindritf 13y ago
> Anybody going against the corrupt ruling party is either killed or imprisoned. That's not true. Quite a few live in exile.