Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions (2008)
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.
Director: Hiroo Ikeda
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 48 min
Release Date: June 23, 2008
Screenplay
- Hiroo Ikeda (Screenplay)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Original Language: ja
Keywords
social documentary
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- What is Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions about?
- 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.
- Who directed Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions?
- Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions was directed by Hiroo Ikeda.
- How long is Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions?
- Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions has a runtime of 48m (48 minutes).
- What genre is Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions?
- Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions is a Documentary film.
- Where was Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions produced?
- Presumed Guilty - Creating False Confessions was produced in Japan.