On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Jack Ji wrote:

On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Suds-kun wrote:

The first is "The Witness." Ranma is on the witness stand.
1. What are the court proceedings for a trial?
2. Is there a Prosecuter and a Defender?
3. Is there a jury and how is a verdict reached?
4. How is a sentence determined and announced?

Well, you know how the U.S. has that "innocent until proven guilty"
aphorism? Well, the Japanese version of it is "guilty until proven
innocent."

When police capture a suspect, they put them in a small cell, smaller than
armspan, for about 17 years, then they have a trial. 
                            

That's overstated...but the Japanese do make life a lot more difficult 
for suspects than the American court system.


John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. 
Kansas         
ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu      bailesu@komodo.hacks.arizona.edu  
http://www.hacks.arizona.edu/~bailesu/falcon.html 
http://www.dhp.com/~wraven/john/index.html

[Andrew becomes a slimy toad.  Karin acks and leaps back.  Terri and Hayao
blink.]

Hayao:  [thinking]  This has potential.

--The Eternal Game:  OAV #1.