Feature2008·48m·0.0

Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions

Documentary

Lawyers, an ex-police investigator and a former judge denounce Japan's criminal justice system as defendants in a high-profile 2003 election-rigging case in Kagoshima explain how detectives tried to extract false confessions on trumped-up charges of vote-buying. Those who buckled under the pressure and confessed spent over a year in prison. All the "suspects" were finally acquitted, but remain permanently scarred by the ordeal. This documentary is a dramatic reminder that indiscriminate arrests and convictions should be fought with the full force of the law.

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Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision

Crew

Director

Hiroo Ikeda

Writers

Hiroo Ikeda