How is it possible that Japan has a 99% conviction rate?
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As others have said:
*Focusing on cases that are likely to lead to convictions
*Institutional factors that discourage judges from rendering not-guilty verdicts and encourage prosecutors to relentlessly pursue plea deals
*In many cases, harsh pre-trial treatment (e.g., being stuck in jail) compared to lenient punishment for a confession (e.g., pay a $500 fine and the conviction will be kept quiet)
There’s a great Japanese movie from 2007 called “I Just Didn’t Do It” that focuses on the struggle of a man who is falsely accused of groping someone on the subway. The fact that he “just didn’t do it” simply can’t compete with everything being discussed in this thread. Well worth a watch!
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