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Hiroaki Mizushima, a professor of journalism at Sophia University and a former reporter at Nippon Television Network Corp. Defense lawyers for Junnosuke Taguchi, 33, an ex-member of KAT-TUN idol pop group, who was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession, have slammed drug agents for giving a video of his house search and arrest to a TV production company.
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ThonTaddeo
Yet another way in which prosecutors and police maintain their "guilty until proven innocent" system.
JeffLee
Indeed, the media usually dont tell us about the arguments of defense lawyers, pleas, bail conditions, etc. You usually only hear that someone was arrested and then.... nothing more. It's like people cease to exist after they've been arrested.