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Pressed to Confess: Japan Accused of 'Hostage Justice'
- Yo Amano, a 36-year-old former restaurant owner, has been confined alone in a Tokyo detention center for over six years without conviction on fraud charges.
- Lengthy pre-trial detentions in Japan frequently result from suspects not providing confessions, a practice known as "hostage justice," which is currently facing increased criticism following a recent legal challenge.
- Suspects like Amano face isolating interrogations without attorneys, causing mental and physical decline, while Japan's justice system relies heavily on confessions and shows a 99-percent conviction rate.
- Amano expressed that since his detention began, he has been treated as if he were a convicted inmate, while lawyer Takashi Takano condemned the system’s “completely inverted chronology.”
- The ongoing lawsuit challenging confinement practices could impact Japan's high conviction rate and prompt changes in detention and bail procedures.
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The Straits TimesPressed to confess: Japan accused of ‘hostage justice’
Yo Amano says he is unravelling in a cell where he has been confined alone almost 24 hours a day for over six years, despite not having been convicted of the fraud charges against him. In Japan's harsh criminal justice system, critics say innocence is not presumed and coerced confessions help drive the 99 percent
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