Just found a video on the Japanese justice system… wow. That is unnerving. A 98% conviction rate and poor treatment in prison.
You’re Gonna Carry That Weight.I thought I did give a summery.
Well it’s a YouTube short and it’s about an old man who was denied treatment for his while in prison.
https://youtube.com/shorts/g4v4ZpZqAoc?si=choIR2SCD17E_s5J
Its a culture of not questioning the people with seniority and authority on a topic, to question a persons innocence is to call into question the police's ability to do there job.
Because surely if the police have already arrested you you must be guilty right? Police don't arrest innocent people...
They are not, if you have ever seen this ace autorney meme
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Know there is some one on death row to this day, that is the literal embodyment of that meme, like it is without a doubt he is inocent, the ministry of justice knows as much which is why they keep delaying his execution....
But since they don't know who is actualy guilty then, on death row he remains.
I wish I could remember his name, but he was convicted of bank robbery..... and the proof was that he had a bunch of money he wouldn't explain to the cops.... who refused to say what he was being charged with, so he eventualy confessed figuring they knew how he had gotten the money.....
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Which was drawing illegal porn.
Only to learn after that he was being charged with bank robery, and would be put on death row, because people died during it.
Edited by Imca on May 16th 2024 at 11:00:59 PM
I've also heard that when the 23 days are up, the prosecution just gets another 23 days ad nauseam until their suspect confesses
"Enshittification truly is how platforms die"-Cory DoctorowFrom what I have understood it's mostly an abuse of authority by the judges. (As a reminder for every one the Japanese Legal system uses Bench Trials not Jury Trials)
But I wouldnt be suprised if there was nudging from the police.
It's really complicated since there is a lot of stuff that is unspoken and those of us on the outside can only see the results sorry.
Yeaaa, though I will admit that even with the abuse there, I personaly have more faith in bench trials then Jury ones since it can be reasonably expected for a Judge to be a legal expert thenselfs and thus know more about nuance then a Jury.
But those cases still make me extremely mad and those that abuse there authority in such a way need a mechanism for reversal and to be booted out.
Though I'll remind you that in the USA at least we have the option for both. You can request a bench trial instead of a jury trial. The jury trial is just the default, given it's a constitutional right. But the defendant can waive that right and ask for a bench trial instead.
It's just usually not the option taken by defendants. Though if your lawyers' case hinges on extremely technical aspects of law, it's arguably the wiser option.
Edited by M84 on May 16th 2024 at 10:44:55 PM
Disgusted, but not surprisedSamurai are defined by having a lord to serve (samurai is a derivative of samura(f)u, to serve, and means 'one who serves'). I haven't seen much of the AC Shadows discourse and I'm not really interested in the game, but to use a Western parallel, just using a longsword doesn't make you a knight - there are layers of social relations and signifiers, class and status among them, that defines who "counts" and who doesn't. "Samurai" was an actual social class, after all.
It's been fun.

"To live is to suffer. And in suffering find strength, purpose and hope." -Hydaelyn
Hydaelyn's philosophy is that life is worth the pain and sufferings we go through, and it is that reality that must be accepted to move forward in life.
It's contrasted with how Meteion believes the suffering in life is too cruel and that salvation lies in never being born at all.
Venat believes that the impermanence of life and struggles that result is beautiful, while the denial of it just leads to misery and resentment in Meteion and Amon, who would prefer a more perceived blissful fate in ending all life to end all suffering.
Edited by RedHunter543 on May 13th 2024 at 12:01:15 AM
"The Black Rage makes us strong, because we must resist its temptations every day of our lives or be forever damned!"