kyuudouMay 2020Recommends
You might want to hear what Yuta has to say about this[1]. It's not as black and white, basically. 1: ▶ this video
in “U.S. arrests former Green Beret, son, in connection with Ghosn escape from Japan” · View on HN
Why Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained)
Why Japan's Conviction Rate is 99% (Actually Explained) on HackerTube: recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2020.
That Japanese Man Yuta
Open on YouTubeexplainer · evergreen
Yuta explains what Japan's 99% conviction rate actually means, noting that prosecutors drop cases unless confidence is very high. He argues that the number is widely misunderstood and cites his sources.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a sourced, nuanced corrective whenever the Japanese justice system's conviction rate is raised.
- people recommended it
- 3
- separate months
- 3
- strong recommendations
- 0
- discussed on HN
- 2020
“I've seen this Japanese person explaining the situation informally but thoroughly.”
What HN commenters said
4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
jdtang13Mar 2020Recommends
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 in the pipeline. Here is a video, with references, from a relatively trustworthy source: ▶ this video
in “Problems with Japan's Covid-19 reports” · View on HN
diegoperiniFeb 2020Recommends
I'm not Japanese, but I've seen this Japanese person explaining the situation informally but thoroughly. ▶ this 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.
in “Japan’s Lost-and-Found System” · View on HN
jbay808Feb 2020Cites it
The high conviction rate seems to be because cases are dropped unless the prosecution's confidence is very high, rather than letting it go to trial. ▶ this video
in “Japan’s Lost-and-Found System” · View on HN
Topics & tags
Law, policing & justiceSocial issues & cultureconviction ratejapancriminal justiceprosecutionlegal system