人ひと質じち司し法ほう

noun

hostage justice

A critical term for the Japanese practice of detaining suspects for extended periods to extract confessions, often by denying bail. Used in legal and journalistic contexts.

• 人ひと質じち司し法ほうは国こく際さい的てきに批ひ判はんされている。

  Hostage justice is criticized internationally.

• 弁べん護ご士しは人ひと質じち司し法ほうの廃はい止しを求もとめた。

  The lawyer called for the abolition of hostage justice.