Police in Japan have arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of selling illegally modified Pokémon save data to customers online — a practice which is banned under the country’s 2019 Unfair Competition Prevention Act.
But the devil is always in the details, isn’t it? Unless, that is, you stop reading as soon as you hear what you want to hear, and don’t go any further in the article…
According to Professor Ryo Ogiso of Chou 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.
Conviction rate is that high because people are admitting things they didn’t do once arested. Why? Because otherwise police will keep you in custody for months. Every attorney says it’s better to admit because you will quicker be able to leave the custody.
So conviction rate is unrealistically high.
Japan is not the Japan we think it is.
A racist xenophobic country that flattens nails and oppresses people for the benefit of the elite due to its hyper hierarchical culture?
Flattens nails? What, to make them difficult to use with a screwdriver?
The nail that sticks out is hammered down, aka tall poppies get cut first, etc.
The nail that sticks out.
On hardware, you mean?
Apparently they’re for masonry? Are there a lot of brick structures in Japan?
anyone who is too different from the rest will be hounded for it.
Not sure why you’d use a screwdriver with a nail…
I think it’s a very safe place because it’s nearly a fascist dictatorship.
With a near 99% conviction rate, it’s pretty safe…because everyone is afraid of even being accused of stepping out of line.
But the devil is always in the details, isn’t it? Unless, that is, you stop reading as soon as you hear what you want to hear, and don’t go any further in the article…
Fair. And also correct on that first sentence.
99% conviction rate, and an inmate execution rate roughly equivalent to Alafuckingbama
Exactly
Conviction rate is that high because people are admitting things they didn’t do once arested. Why? Because otherwise police will keep you in custody for months. Every attorney says it’s better to admit because you will quicker be able to leave the custody. So conviction rate is unrealistically high.