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The Public Prosecutors Office (検察庁, Kensatsu-chō) [3] is the agency for conducting prosecution in Japan. It is an extraordinary organ (特別の機関, Tokubetsu no Kikan) under the Ministry of Justice (法務省, Hōmu-shō). [4]
Tokyo Detention House. Within the criminal justice system of Japan, there exist three basic features that characterize its operations.First, the institutions—police, government prosecutors' offices, courts, and correctional organs—maintain close and cooperative relations with each other, consulting frequently on how best to accomplish the shared goals of limiting and controlling crime.
Akane was the chief prosecutor of the Hakodate district in Hokkaido between 2010 and 2012, and was elected the public prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Japan in 2012. [5] Akane was also a professor in Criminal Justice Practice at both, the Chukyo University Law School and the Nagoya University Law School between 2005 and 2009. [3]
For those that go to trial, Japanese prosecutors hold a conviction record of about 98%. These patterns contribute to public perceptions of the infallibility of the police and the legal system, and the perception that if a person is arrested, he or she must be guilty of the crime.
The incarceration rate is very low and Japan ranks 209 out of 223 countries. It has an incarceration rate of 41 per 100,000 people. In 2018 the prison population was 51,805 and 10.8% of prisoners were unsentenced. [8] Japan has a very low rate of intentional homicide victims. According to the UNODC it ranks 219 out of 230 countries. It has a ...
In late January 2020, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided to extend Kurokawa's term to August 2020. [3] The government argued that the extension was legal under Japan's National Public Service Act, while the opposition argued that this was inconsistent with past interpretation of the law, and that the extension was a political move meant to allow Kurokawa to replace Japan's Prosecutor-General ...
Vigil-Fariñas was among about 100 people who gathered in the parking lot of La Casa de los Jugos to speak out against the proposal, initiated by Republican Florida House Speaker Paul Renner.
The MOJ has jurisdiction over the National Bar Examination Commission, the Public Security Examination Commission, and the Public Security Intelligence Agency. Although the Public Prosecutors Office are administratively part of the Ministry of Justice, they are independent of the authority of the Minister of Justice. [3]