timtak said...

timtak at 10:33 PM JST - 25th June

Does for instance the USA legal system not convict innocents? Do for instance US criminals get away with crime less?

Which legal system results in the more legal society (less free and active criminals, less innocents jailed/killed)?

I don't see it. I mean I do not see the results of…

Posted in Wrongfully convicted man, lawyers call for recording interrogations at 10:33 PM JST - 25th June
timtak at 10:42 AM JST - 23rd June

Why is it that Japantoday keeps posting news about US airlines. From the heading I thought this would be about Japanese airlines. If you are going to write about a non-Japan related country then at least put that country name in the title.

Posted in Meltdown 101: Will airlines go bankrupt? at 10:42 AM JST - 23rd June
timtak at 10:34 AM JST - 23rd June

I think that the Japanese rendered here as “The man who did this has already died.” was, "Shinda jibun ga yatta." which means, A dead me when I did this. Or perhaps, "I was dead (drunk) when this was done".

Posted in MSDF seaman arrested for rape, theft after breaking into Hyogo brothel at 10:34 AM JST - 23rd June
timtak at 11:26 AM JST - 22nd June

Sorry, yes, the footage is avaialable at 2:14 in the following. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDkAE44v-Z4

Posted in Witness account may link 2 unsolved cases involving 4-year-old girls at 11:26 AM JST - 22nd June
timtak at 11:20 AM JST - 22nd June

Is the pachinko parlour footage viewable on the net?

Posted in Witness account may link 2 unsolved cases involving 4-year-old girls at 11:20 AM JST - 22nd June
timtak at 11:37 AM JST - 15th June

InakaRob The Japanese do seem to be very moral on the whole. But at the same time there may be a shift in the types of immoral behaviour. Theft, drugs and violent crime are very low, but political and white collar crime (c.f. Transparency international) is quite high. Copyright abuse,…

Posted in Hung jury at 11:37 AM JST - 15th June
timtak at 11:25 AM JST - 15th June

There is research that shows that the murder rate increases in the months following the announcement that executions have taken place in Japan. I.e. rather than a detterent, the death penalty seems to augment violent crime. The authors conclude these results imply that the abolishment of capital punishment will not…

Posted in Hung jury at 11:25 AM JST - 15th June
timtak at 11:06 AM JST - 11th June

or they're trying to play down the fact that they put the wrong man behind bars

If so, not nice. It is time to be unequivocal, at least from their own subjective standpoint.

Posted in Prosecutors apologize to man jailed for 1990 murder at 11:06 AM JST - 11th June
timtak at 10:50 AM JST - 11th June

"is unlikely to have been the culprit!" (the original Japanese is 真犯人と思われない人　"hanin to omowarenai hito." = "is thought not to be the culprit")

It sounds a bit like the police still think he did it! Ouch. They could have at least put the think verb in the active, to show…

Posted in Prosecutors apologize to man jailed for 1990 murder at 10:50 AM JST - 11th June
timtak at 04:59 PM JST - 5th June

@LostinNagoya Please see the paper linked from the Shinju article on wikipedia.

Posted in Tributes pour in for Japanese mother who leapt to death with husband, dead son at 04:59 PM JST - 5th June