Looks like we have a Lotta trouble on our hands, but an opening has been created. Now, we need to take advantage of it.
Since we don’t have much to discuss today, I’ll use this time to mention something that comes up later on in this batch of episodes.
The often-cited statistic that 99% of all cases brought to trial in Japan end with a guilty verdict was brought up in conversation, and Twitch chat wondered how true that statistic is. I took some time to look into it, and while a few minutes on Google is no replacement for genuine research and journalism, both the BBC and the Human Rights Campaign are credible sources who each wrote articles about the injustice of the Japanese Legal System in January and May of 2023 respectively. It was shockingly easy to find these pieces.
And they each paint a damning picture. I’m not fond of the criminal justice system in the US for the amount of police and prosecutorial injustice found within it, but some of the cases cited by the Human Rights Campaign and the BBC in their respective reports make our legal system here look tame by comparison. If anything, the cartoony and outlandish behavior of the prosecutors and judges in the Ace Attorney games are far easier to swallow.
Leave a Reply