[alexis_fr]

Look at Japan: 23-day police custody period. After that there’s a 99.99% confession rate. Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan, seems to have just discovered it: He will be interrogated for 12 days. I would never go to such countries.

[Latteland]

Japan is not going to torture him, keep him up without letting him sleep are they? They have the rule of law and generally treat people well. You can't seriously compare those countries, can you?

[Cyph0n]

It’s definitely much better than KSA, but 23 days in police custody? Most people would break under the pressure alone - no torture necessary...

[jacobush]

Try Sweden... 365 days of policy custody.

[kpil]

There's no limit that I know of.

[jacobush]

No, you are correct, there's no limit.

[ap3]

It all depends on the conditions, if you have access to an attorney and are in general safe situations

I would take that than say 1 day in a mexican prison run by the drug cartel

[rurban]

What I heard about treating foreigners in Japanese police stations qualifies indeed as torture. The rule of law applies when you confess.

[dec0dedab0de]

That is the conviction rate, not the confession rate. Which has completely different connotations.

[mc32]

Indeed, the conviction rate has much to do with police picking “open and shut” cases. Which is why there are cases where murders are instead classified as accidents, if itd be hard to prove a case.

[Animats]

Mark Karpelès, the Mt. Gox guy, was arrested in Japan, interrogated, and he still got off.

[stefan_]

Pre-trial detention isn't exactly a japanese invention.

[liftbigweights]

> After that there’s a 99.99% confession rate.

That's because prosecutors in Japan and other countries generally go after "sure" cases.

Canada has a 97% conviction. US has a 93% conviction rate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate

> Carlos Ghosn, president of Nissan, seems to have just discovered it: He will be interrogated for 12 days. I would never go to such countries.

At least he'll get court case rather than disappearing in a japanese embassy.

Japan has its problem but it's absurd to compare it to the horrors in the middle east.