> but unless I'm mistaken, the conviction rate we're talking about is that of people _charged_ overall. You are mistaken. "Nearly all criminal cases that go

> but unless I'm mistaken, the conviction rate we're talking about is that of people _charged_ overall. You are mistaken. "Nearly all criminal cases that go to trial in Japan end in a guilty verdict." " Public prosecutors typically concentrate on suits where conviction is almost guaranteed, leading to the suspension of around 60 percent of criminal cases in Japan without an indictment." https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c05401/order-in-the-court-explaining-japan%E2%80%99s-99-9-conviction-rate.html https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/c05401/order-in-the-c... So japanese prosecutors "drop" 60% of the cases/charges. The only cases they pursue are those they think they can win. They win 99% of those. > That 60% figure in Canada is precisely referring to people who were charged, and whose charges were later dropped. No. In the audio, they specifically stated that 37% ( or about a 3rd of the cases in canada ) are withdrawn, stayed or dropped. Meaning only 63% get to a jury. Of those, 3% are acquitted. > Over 99.4% of people charged in Japan are eventually convicted. Once again, this is not true. Only 40% of those charged ever see trial. Of those, 99.4% are convicted. In other words, 39.8% of those charged are convicted.