Why Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained)

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a sourced, nuanced corrective whenever the Japanese justice system's conviction rate is raised.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

That Japanese Man Yuta

Topic

japanese justice system

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2020

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From the original HN conversations

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• I'm not Japanese, but I've seen this Japanese person explaining the situation informally but thoroughly. [VIDEO] The premise is, yes 99% percent is a measured rate but also has no utility in a discussion if the other parts of the big picture is ignored.

• This 99% number does not mean what people think it means. The Japanese prosecution system is a pipeline that strongly filters out unlikely-to-be-convicted cases from the very beginning. Long before you are convicted, you might not even be arrested, or your case gets dismissed earlier …

• You might want to hear what Yuta has to say about this[1]. It's not as black and white, basically. 1: [VIDEO]