Idiot pointed out a few days ago just how stupid it was for Peter Bethune to act on his fantasies.
According to the US State Department’s 2009 annual human rights country report, Japan has significant problems around fair trials and detention conditions. Australian Senator Bob Brown alludes to this when he says that their courts “have nearly a 100 per cent conviction rate”. According to the US State Department Report, they achieve this by coerced confessions, lengthy pre-trial detention during which defendants are interrogated without access to legal counsel, and stacked trial procedures which favour the prosecution. Once convicted, prisoners (particularly foreigners) are frequently subject to abuse and solitary confinement, while poor conditions, notably lack of heating in winter, results in preventable injuries and illnesses.
But I woudn’t get too bothered about it – he could just be pretending to go along with it so he can arrest the entire Japanese legal system!
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