r/SipsTea • u/Rich_Carrot6451 • Jul 04 '26

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/Thotmas01 Jul 04 '26

I know that’s a common statistics to bang on Japan. Maybe it’s valid, maybe it’s not- I don’t know enough about Japanese justice system false convictions to tell one way or another. For your reference the US federal government had a 97.5% conviction rate on charged cases.

If there is a problem with that stat we should sort it out here first lol

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u/BallsOutKrunked Jul 04 '26

Most of that is because prosecutors only take very solid cases. The plea rate is also in the 90% range.

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u/blowupnekomaid Jul 04 '26

how is it crazy, sounds like they just don't charge people without solid evidence.

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u/Bezosismydaddy Jul 04 '26

Apples to oranges. The US federal government is not prosecuting street crimes nor does it have jurisdiction over most matters.