• AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    11 days ago

    I found it really surprising when i heard how low the number of solved murder cases in the US is. Apparently it's something around 20%. Over here, it's in the 70-80% ballpark.

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      11 days ago

      And even then, the % is not such a good metric to look at. Japan has a nearly 100% conviction rate for murder , but it's because they'll just accuse whoever and once you've been charged you're as good as convicted.

      • miz [any, any]
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        11 days ago

        reminds me of this case where a Japanese hacker hijacked people's computers to make death threats and the police coerced confessions out of four of them

        https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31129817