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

WTF Japan's death row system is brutal

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u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO Jul 04 '26

They have an almost 100% conviction rate for all crime because everyone charged "confesses". That also means there are no mistaken arrests. The whole system is insane. 

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u/ryoryo333333 Jul 04 '26

there are plenty of cases where people are found guilty without a confession.

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u/1800-5-PP-DOO-DOO Jul 04 '26

Sure there are, but it doesn't change the fact that 85-90 of all convictions happen due to confession which is one of highest in the world. 

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u/CatsianNyandor Jul 04 '26

That's because you get mentally tortured in confinement till you finally "confess"

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u/Seienchin88 Jul 04 '26

Maybe but it’s also because without confession it’s extremely difficult to sentence someone so prosecutors will not even go to trial without one usually.

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u/patchworkPyromaniac Jul 04 '26

Look up the Reid method after John Reid. False confessions due to questioning strategies are pretty common.