Forum - View topicNEWS: Court Hands Suspended Sentence to act-age Manga Writer Tatsuya Matsuki for Indecent Act
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Donkey-er
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Couldn't agree more! I would think that of all the crimes you can commit, crimes against children that will scar them for life would not be something that can result in such a light punishment. |
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v1cious
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Wasn't he the writer? I never read this series, but changing writers mid-run never ends well. |
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FallenDomino
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Not "considered," they are worse. |
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Shay Guy
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I don't think AV was talking about resuming Act-Age with a different writer, but rather Usazaki pursuing work that has nothing to do with anything Matsuki touched. |
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xerox-guy
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"Suspended the sentence. They walked free that very day! And those bastards, they smiled at me"
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karyuudo0127
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Yup, the author simply needs to take some time away from the public eye until everyone forgets / doesn't care about this anymore. Then he can finish this series. |
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revolutionotaku
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I'm not surprised at all since Japan's legal system is way more different than other countries.
In the US, he would've been immediately placed on a sex offender's list. |
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Top Gun
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...the guy groped two middle school girls on the street and freely admitted to doing so. The hell more do we need to know than that? |
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AnimeFlyz
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See guys. Apparently if you sexually assault a minor, all you gotta do is be a good person for a few years and you totally avoid jail time. SO MUCH JUSTICE!!!
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KarlFranz
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Because jail time is the only kind of punishment it seem. Not like the goal is to rehabilitate people or anything. |
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Asterisk-CGY
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It's also to separate the perp from the victims and potential victims. If there was a reason to lock him away is at least for that. |
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KarlFranz
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Or maybe they saw him not enough of a threat to warred prison time, like we not talking about some dangerous criminal here. Also the police and the public still keep tag on him. |
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BadNewsBlues
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No justice system in the world is good especially the U.S.’s justice system. A place where companies rake in millions of dollars imprisoning people regardless of whether those people were justifiably convicted or not. And where people who deserved to be locked up just get pardoned for no good reason or get away with whatever crime they committed. But I digress |
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El Hermano
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I wouldn't say it's all that different in this area. Lots of celebrities and famous people get pretty relaxed sentences here as well. |
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Tempest
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Both systems are extremely flawed. I won't bother listing the flaws in the US system because that's completely OT, too political, and easily found on Google. This case is not reflective of the main criticisms of the Japanese justice system. The biggest flaw is something dubbed "hostage justice," one of my foreigner friends living in Japan had first hand experience with it. Japanese police are allowed to hold a criminal suspect, even one suspected of minor crimes, for up to 23 days in some cases. During those 23 days the suspect will be frequently questioned, often in the middle of the night (depriving them of sleep) and will not be given access to a lawyer during questioning. Many suspects sign a confession just to get out of jail, especially for minor crimes. My friend was held for 2 days (iirc) on suspicion of shop-lifting a snack from a convenience store. He eventually "admitted" his guilt. I met someone from the Australian Embassy a few years ago in a bar. His job was to travel around Japan and "rescue" Australians who had fucked up. His advice for foreigners was "Don't talk to the police, ask for the embassy; the only words out of your mouth should be "US Embassy" (or whatever country)." This whole hostage Justice thing became much more exposed to the public due to Carlos Ghosn. Details: https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/04/10/call-eliminate-japans-hostage-justice-system-japanese-legal-professionals https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/01/05/national/media-national/international-scrutiny-japans-criminal-justice-system-fair/ Related to Matsuki's case, the Japanese criminal justice system is often criticized for being too lenient on sexual assaults. Pressure from both within and outside Japan does seem to be having an effect and earlier this year the government unveiled a three-year plan to make changes. AFAIK though, none of the changes have been made yet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/14/national/social-issues/sex-crimes-violence/ http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13268301 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/545/ Last edited by Tempest on Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:40 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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