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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Part of it is an effect of crime rates in Japan being so low. There just aren’t a lot of serious crimes in Japan. So prosecutors are mostly bringing lower level, lower stakes cases and the authorities can devote enough resources to any major case.
Another effect of this is that there’s essentially no popular sympathy for a criminal lifestyle. Police can hold suspects without charge for weeks on minimal evidence, bail is rare, and there’s a social presumption of guilt for even getting caught up in this.
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