It’s even worse now with social media handing verdicts before juries are even assembled.

Infamous cases were difficult in the age of newspapers when they got hold of a story, but now everyone can begin their own agendum.

Social media is way less influential than the local news media in this regard. That’s a long running problem – think about how many cases have been covered based on police statements which turned out to be completely fictitious — and social media tends to amplify those stories more than it contributes original coverage.

Especially in Japan.

There's a game, Judgment, which opened my eyes to this. Because a core part of the backstory of the game is that the main character won a case as the defense which is seen as a huge deal. He's like one of the few defense attorneys to have ever gotten to not guilty.

The game takes place in a slightly fictionalized version of Japan and is made by a Japanese game developer noted for making games steeped in contemporary Japanese culture. I guess that's important to note.

True. I was mostly talking about the "innocent until proven guilty" saying effectively being BS in the US.