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Abandon Hope All Ye Tried in Japan

Judge Dread

The 99 percent conviction rate in Japan’s criminal courts is no credit to the efficiency of the system or efforts to reform it.

Jake Adelstein

Published May 29 2014 1:00PM EDT

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Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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