Donna Nelson’s guilty verdict is not an aberration. Japan has a high criminal conviction rate for a reason
- Written by James C. Fisher, Lecturer, Australian National University
Australian grandmother Donna Nelson was convicted today by a panel of three judges and six jurors of illegally transporting nearly two kilograms of drugs into Japan. She was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.
As typically occurs when citizens of Western countries face trial in Japan, her case has provoked condemnation of Japan’s...
