In "Classroom of the Elite", why didn't the trial about the Sudou assault incident closely resemble a real one (BEWARE SPOILERS)?

Asked by luigirovatti (2950

) May 29th, 2023

I’m not criticizing the series, I’m sure there has to be more suspense, and it’s more fun this way, it’s just that I love legal thrillers, and whenever I find a trial in fiction I tend to get excited.
Anyway, if you’re wondering what I find unbelievable, it’s that class 1-D didn’t find a way to show that the photo made by Sakura could have shown Ishizaki and the others attacking Sudo. Even if the fight had already ended, maybe there was a way to make the evidence look more believable. Sakura didn’t come forward, that’s true, but if she testified that she wanted to keep her idol identity a secret, she could’ve been more believable. I simply can’t say that being from class 1-D automatically excludes you from testifying.
What I wanted to say is, if the “trial” borrowed some real life strategies from actual ones, maybe the situation would’ve been turned in Sudou’s favor.

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It happens on S01E05.

luigirovatti (2950

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I do not watch that show. The title alone is a turn off for me.

Anyway, first thing to note is that as a Japanese show, any trial depicted will not be based on western justice systems, but on the Japanese one.
I know almost nothing about the Japanese system, only that their incredibly high conviction rate is partially based on authorities coercing a confession out of the accused through questionable means, and they do not have the right to have a lawyer present during interrogations.
Who knows what other shady shenanigans go on behind the scenes, that make it even harder for the accused to defend themselves.

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@ragingloli This is interesting. Your comment especially intrigued me because my daughter lives in Japan. I have always wondered how fair the Japanese criminal justice system was. The fact that they record all the interrogation and make that available to the defense lawyers on request is a good sign.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/resolved-japans-justice-system-fair

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