Crossing Continents
Crossing Continents
BBC Radio 4
Forced Confessions in Japan
28 minutes Posted Jan 3, 2013 at 11:00 am.
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Mariko Oi investigates forced confessions of suspects in the Japanese criminal justice system. She asks if the use of prolonged questioning and other dubious tactics by police and prosecutors might be one reason for Japan's astonishingly high conviction rate.

Producer: Nina Robinson.