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

Scott Dubin wrote:
> "Neo-Era" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > "Ethan Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
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> > > "S.t.A.n.L.e.E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > >
> > > > And guess which one it is:
> > >
> > > <http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archive/200312/02/20031202p2a00m0dm00100
> > > 1c.h 
> > > tml>
> > >
> > > I see that psychotic sociopaths in Japan have learned
> > > how to deny personal responsibility.  Let's hope the
> > > courts do not buy into it.
> >
> >
> > Not with Japan's 99+% conviction rate, they won't.
>
>
> Is that a real statistic?  

Yep.

> 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?

To be honest, at its worst, Japan's legal system *can* get pretty Orwellian.
But the 99% conviction rate is also because the police are choosy.  They
*won't* bring charges unless they are absolutely *sure* they can get the
conviction.

             Chris Mattern