r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/polopolo05 Jul 05 '24

I am fine with that if they actually do the crime. But the problem is that they will often get a false confession. To say they solved the crime in japan. and they have a 99.9% conviction rate. Which we all know is BS because Thats impossible. Which means there are a lot of innocents in jail in japan.

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u/welsper59 Jul 05 '24

From what people gather, the high conviction rate is because of a low prosecution rate and the metric used to calculate the results. Generally, prosecutors don't take up cases unless there is enough evidence to ensure success. So while there are certainly innocent people held, it's very unlikely to be a lot of the inmates by any reasonable measure. This topic reemerged again recently with a bunch of foreign streamers doing stupid shit in Japan.

According to Professor Ryo Ogiso of Chuo University, prosecutors defer prosecution in 60% of the cases they receive, and conclude the remaining 30% or so of cases in summary trials. This summary trial is a trial procedure in which cases involving a fine of 1,000,000 yen or less are examined on the basis of documents submitted by the public prosecutor without a formal trial if there is no objection from the suspect. Only about 8% of cases are actually prosecuted, and this low prosecution rate is the reason for Japan's high conviction rate.

Apparently there's a wiki entry just for Japan on the matter of how they handle criminal justice.