Re: [News] Cartoon blamed for youth's fatal beating on mom

"Scott Dubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Neo-Era" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Not with Japan's 99+% conviction rate, they won't.
>
> Is that a real statistic?  Because if it was, I'd say Japan's pretty
> messed up.  That's guilty until proven inoccent.  That's Orwellian.
> Why bother with lawyers?

Because by 2015 there won't *be* any lawyers, so they're just jumping the
gun ;)

Seriously, though? I think that the 99% conviction rate refers to proven
criminals, not mere suspects. There *are* places where bulletproof cases
can't get a conviction even though everyone knows the perpertrator is
guilty, be it through technicalities, legal loopholes or faulty
investigative procedures.

The "messed up" part is about right, though.

The Zephyr
(A virtual cookie to those who get the above reference.)