jared 0 Posted September 18, 2003 Share Posted September 18, 2003 Take a look at this www.justicefornickbaker.org The idiot almost deserves 14 years for stupidity but I do feel sorry for him. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 14 years is very severe. I hadn't heard of that at all until seeing that. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 I hadn't either. Was that ever on the Japanese news? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 oldest trick in the drug smugglers book. The guy is in serious need of help. The system here will not admit that it is wrong. I call it the senpai system. those above you are never wrong and not to be questioned. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Man that is total BS. What a cruddy system. It reminds me of that movie Brokedwon Palace. Except thats set in Thailand. When i was there i was so careful not to leave my bags even for 3 seconds. I checked my bags just before i handed them over to make nothing had been put in there. A bit extreme? Maybe. But i wasn't going to risk it. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 jeez, the legal system here does seem a little suspect unfriendly. Imagine how bad it must have been as a Japanese POW! Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Author Share Posted September 19, 2003 The judge hasn't found anyone not guilty in his 10 years on the job. I wonder if he knows its an option. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 One of the highlights of being a lawyer in court must be standing up and shouting "Objection!". That looks fun. But seriously, this case sucks, and it seems the system sucks bad too. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 the court system in Japan is a kangaroo court and 3rd world. I hope they can put enough governmental pressure on it to open another hearing, but that would probably be a first so who knows if such a thing is possible here. Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 The much-vaunted US system isn't really that great or "first-world" either. In fact, judging by what I've read, there's hardly a country on the planet where I'd want to serve even a short jail term. Here in the great USA, you'll get a longer sentence just because you're not white. You may find drug-related convictions give longer sentences than violent crimes. The unbelievably expensive, failing and ill-advised "War on Drugs" packs our jails with minor offenders who haven't stolen or damaged property or committed violent acts...all at the expense of my tax dollars. DNA testing is proving that a significant number of death-row inmates DIDN'T DO IT. Rich people who probably DID do it, often walk free (like OJ Simpson did, and Robert Blake probably will). Police brutality and violations of civil rights are everywhere but we have to pretend they hardly ever happen even when filmed (Rodney King) or described by eyewitnesses (Abner Louima, rectum and intestines torn in custody by a broomstick handle). Payoffs, corruption, suppression of evidence, drunk-driving politicians, prosecutors, cops and their family/friends getting off scot-free. The guarantee of being homosexually raped in prison, and hope you don't lose your teeth and/or the HIV lottery when it happens. It's positively third-world. Is it really that different anywhere else? I hope so, but I don't believe it. A lot of the stuff police have to do to complete their job...and a lot of the people (criminals) that they work with...require techniques and procedures that might shock the average person, without which the police could not do their job. Move along now, and stay out of trouble. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 The story of Mark Barnsley locked up in British prisons may be one reason why Britain won't take any action on behalf of one of their nationals abroad - they wouldn't have a leg to stand on. More about prisons 'at home' here . Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 While prison systems have faults the world over, Amnesty International does seem especially concerned about the legal system and prisons in Japan. The Japanese system places so much emphasis on confessions that it's ripe for abuse. Several famous cases of rough justice in the UK, for example, were based on confessions that were forged and/or obtained through intimidation. The regime imposed in Japanese prisons also sounds inhumane. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Well his Japanese is probably getting pretty good. Still, I can't imagine the actual prison life in Japan is worse than that in America. Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Yeah, enderzero, I wonder which is really worse. It would seem that the nastiest part of Japanese prisons is the brutality of the guards and the feudalistic, petty rules enforced by beatings(can't wipe the sweat off your face until the appointed time, can't open your eyes before the appointed time, the manacle set some have to wear while eating their food off the floor like a dog, the pants with a slit in the back so you can poop [but not wipe] while manacled, etc.). This in contrast to the nastiest part of US prisons, which seems to be the constant, unregulated brutality of other inmates, including beatings, gang battles, frequent homosexual rape, intentional mutilations and risk of murder in showers or other common spaces. Are Japanese prisons all the same, or are there tough ones and easy ones? Here in the US, we have two main prison systems: federal prisons for those who are convicted of federal crimes, and and state prisons, for those convicted of state crimes. Each system has a range of places, such as maximum-security prisons (probably the scariest) to minimum-security prisons (where politicians and rich people convicted of non-violent offenses can play tennis and serve out their time). The federal maximum-security penitentiaries are generally considered the worst. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Minimum security prison is no picnic. The trick is, kick someone's ass the first day or become someone's bitch. Then everything will be alright. Link to post Share on other sites
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