Murder case of Peruvian man to be retried at Hiroshima high court

Saturday 17th October, 06:37 AM JST

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dasyhard at 05:31 AM JST - 17th October

So the defendant received a life sentence and the prosecutors are dissatisfied? Huh? Did they want to give him a harsher penalty? I say let him rot in prison for life and get his butt banged daily.
zhazam05 at 08:36 AM JST - 17th October

insufficient deliberations ?!If the trial jury took all of five minutes to Agreeon the defendants guilt or if the jury took five weeks Guilty is Guilty!Or visa/versa!Kill a Child?!Death should be mandatory!
timorborder at 10:52 AM JST - 17th October

This is the chap who used falsified documents back in Peru to get a visa to Japan (as a person of Japanese heritage). Back in the old country, it seems that he had a rap sheet (including kiddie fiddling) that was as long as your arm.

All in all, the sum of all fears with regard to how the Japanese media like to portray the foreign menace.

Anyway, as a child killer (with some kiddie fiddling thrown in), the prosecutors were pushing for the big one and are dissatisfied with life in prison.
timeon at 01:24 PM JST - 17th October

I think the only thing that should be retried is if they have enough solid evidence or not. if they have, life without parole or death should be the options
Bondsan at 09:03 AM JST - 19th October

timorborder - yes indeed I remember the coverage at the time, and didn't this case cause some difficulties for those of real Japanese descent from South America entering Japan ?

Lets hope justice is served this time around.
as_the_crow_flies at 04:01 PM JST - 19th October

timorborder - yes indeed I remember the coverage at the time, and didn't this case cause some difficulties for those of real Japanese descent from South America entering Japan ?

Yes indeed, in fact it has "caused difficulties" to ALL Peruvians since then, as they are treated as untrustworthy delinquents and let in here on a short leash. Hubby's on his fifth successive one year visa, roughly 25% of the time he's either getting together documents, or unable to travel because Immigration's still deliberating on whether to give him a visa. By the time he gets it, it's only got 9 months left to run. Every year he has to get his parents to send him a new copy of his birth certificate, because they won't accept one issued more than 3 months ago, and even though we married in Japan, they insist on him getting a copy of our Japanese marriage certificate translated into English and notarised in my consulate, because they don't accept the equivalent from the Peruvian Consulate. Kafkaesque. Immigration officials in Yokohama Nyu Kan have even told Peruvian friends of ours that the difficulties they give Peruvians are a result of the Torres Yagi case.
LostinNagoya at 10:14 AM JST - 24th October

as the crow flies - I am really sorry for your husband and all the honest Peruvians working in Japan. However, most Peruvians I know have false documents. So, it´s really hard for the J-officials to give them a proper visa, it they don´t have proper documents.