Why is Japan’s prosecution rate so absurdly high at 99.8%?

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I’ve heard people say that lawyers only choose to prosecute cases that they know they might win, but isn’t that true for lawyers in basically any country, anywhere?

EDIT: I meant conviction rate in the title.

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I am Japanese. The situation is simple. The inability to prosecute without concrete evidence prevents the wrongful prosecution of innocent individuals. Is it right to indict and try innocent people? No, it’s incorrect. The low conviction rate in some countries is evidence that innocent people are being prosecuted and brought to trial

If you were wrongly arrested, which would you prefer? Would you want to be prosecuted and go to trial despite being innocent?

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