Japan's criminal justice system has become the target of international criticism since the arrest, detention, and flight of former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn. While acknowledging the need for ...

The Japanese criminal justice system comes under frequent scrutiny from lawyers and legal scholars over the impartiality of the bench, investigators’ procedures, and whether the accused truly enjoy ...

As reviled as it is by many who have experienced being on the bad side of the law, there is hope yet for the justice system in the Philippines, one that is exemplified by the extraordinary tale of a ...

Amid increasing calls for reform, the Justice Ministry will review Japan’s retrial system, which allows for the reopening of criminal cases after a conviction has been finalized, government sources ...

Chiba Prison is pictured in Chiba's Wakaba Ward in this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo. (Mainichi/Seiho Akimaru) Japan's roughly 180 jails are superficially similar to prisons elsewhere. With its facade of ...

Retired Supreme Court (SC) senior associate justice Antonio Carpio had an interesting introspection about our country’s criminal justice system. This was in relation to the Philippine government’s ...

Artificial intelligence might be able to detect drug trafficking on the dark web and identify geographical locations, but experts during a Dec. 4 event questioned the technology’s limitations in the ...

Josh Spickler and Yonée Gibson discuss issues affecting the local criminal justice system. Just City’s Executive Director Josh Spickler and Just City’s Program and People Experience Manager Yonée ...

Juries are considered by many, including legal professionals, to be the cornerstone of the criminal justice system. Part 1 of Sir Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courtst made 45 ...