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Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Oct 2023
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Don’t fuck with the Japanese justice system
No habeas corpus
No restrictions on coerced confessions
No fifth amendment
You are guilty until proven innocent.
Yeah, that's the one thing that scares me from visiting Japan. I am a goof that somehow finds himself sometimes in bad situations accidentally, and I'm afraid of getting caught unable to communicate as to what really happened.
If that's only applied to foreign "influencers" i.e. pieces of shit, it sounds like the perfect justice system.
Its like a 99.8% conviction rate. You don't need to be a genius to think there might be cause for concern there, even if it hurts dickheads.
those are near Cardassian level conviction rates
I though he was a defense attorney?
That was probably a Star Trek reference, not about Robert Kardashian.
Yes, the spelling would have given that away.
Cases that aren't already solved don't go to trial.
99% conviction rate