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Why Every Japanese Criminal is Guilty

Rare Earth · 2.4M views · 2019-12-07 · 8:40

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A Rare Earth explainer on Japan's criminal justice system and its extremely high conviction rate. It outlines the system's idiosyncrasies and how suspects are treated.

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HN cites it in threads about Japan's near-total conviction rate and what it says about the culture and legal system.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2019–2023

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duelingjello · 2019-12 · Recommendation

Speaking of Japan, a recent Rare Earth video is Kafkaesque.[0] By contrast, the US has more prisoners per capita than Japan and more than all countries except the island nation of Seychelles. 0. Why Every (Accused) Japanese Criminal is Guilty. [VIDEO]

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pas · 2023-12 · Reference

Japan has a strong culture of "don't rock the boat, be sure, very very sure if you accuse someone", and thus accusations are already sentences practically. Couple this with any kind of loyalty, and you immediately see that speaking up will get folks excommunicated (ronins, woah!) [VIDEO] So, probably they kept quiet on the first failed test, made it go away to save face, and then there was no going back.

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pas · 2021-06 · Reference

Or third or any-th world country. Big corps are big business, big money, big power. Germany is 6th on this list, Norway is 1st. Japan is 15th [0] and Hong Kong is 16th [1] the US is not in the top 20. [LINK] [0] [VIDEO] [1] nor for long :(

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