KYOTO – A man accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019 that claimed 36 lives admitted to charges of arson and murder as his lay judge trial opened in the Kyoto District Court on Sept. 5.
KYOTO – A man accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio in 2019 that claimed 36 lives admitted to charges of arson and murder as his lay judge trial opened in the Kyoto District Court on Sept. 5.
Based on the stats of the Japanese criminal justice system, I’m suspicious of any last minute confessions, especially since this happened over four years ago.
Yes. The Japanese prosecutorial system is very peculiar and suspect in its rate of success in courts.