Peruvian to be retried for murder of 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima

Tuesday 09th December, 03:15 AM JST

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Dogdog at 06:57 PM JST - 9th December

I agree with NORTH. This stinks of a set up.

I agree that there is a lot wrong with the Japanese judicial system, the media and the police, but the guy did stand up in court and say from his own mouth that he hadn't intended to kill the girl but.....
northlondon at 07:03 PM JST - 9th December

This guy may well be guilty. But we all would like to see him found guilty with the correct court procedure.
Dogdog at 07:27 PM JST - 9th December

This guy may well be guilty. But we all would like to see him found guilty with the correct court procedure.

That's exactly the issue here and I would go further and say that I would like to see the human rights of the accused (presumption of innocence, no 26-day police internment or trial by media) protected during the process of criminal investigation and judical deliberation.

This country has the death penalty......
romulus3 at 07:30 PM JST - 9th December

but the guy did stand up in court and say from his own mouth that he hadn't intended to kill the girl but.....

on the back of sudden new charges from Peru when money exchanged hands and records were suddenly formed? Plus cops laying the smack down on his family in Peru and cops torturing him in Japan? Where is the vital DNA evidence? If there was any, it would have been submitted already. This sucks.
Rodney_King at 08:19 PM JST - 9th December

Where is the vital DNA evidence? If there was any, it would have been submitted already. This sucks.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20051202a1.html

Man admits slaying Hiroshima girl Sweat on school uniform matches suspect's DNA

So you were at the trial in Hiroshima and can confirm to us that the DNA tests was not among the evidences ?

Good idea for a retrial. Next time he get death penalty.

PS: Hey wait we are on JT ! Police fabricated the evidence, got forced confession, faked the DNA tests, and even created criminal records in Peru....I really forgot that now !
romulus3 at 08:31 PM JST - 9th December

Rodney...If the DNA against this guy was 100% pure he would have swung by now. Do you believe what the Cops tell the papers even when they cannot back it up in court?
Rodney_King at 08:38 PM JST - 9th December

I don't want to waist my time with you. I know JT is not really a place full of jurists, lawyers economists, and scientists...
Sarge at 09:25 PM JST - 9th December

I remember this case. Torres is guilty as hell.
Patrick Smash at 09:37 PM JST - 9th December

We want to see the right man put away for this. If the police have failed to follow correct procedures, or something else has happened in the original trial that makes the conviction unsafe, there should be a retrial.

It sounds as though the evidence has been taken at face value, and was not backed up. If that's the case there should be a retrial, even if it only serves to make prosecutors more aware of presenting factual and credible evidence in future cases.
Patrick Smash at 09:43 PM JST - 9th December

Rodney King. You don't think police here do things like fabricate evidence, manipulate samples or force confessions? That would make Japan the only country on earth where this doesn't happen. And since the police refuse to tape extractions, I mean confessions, I mean interviews, there is no evidence that anything from a police interview is not a fabrication. Belief in the Japanese justice system really requires blind faith.

I think this guy's guilty too, but it should be proved with real credible evidence beyond reasonable doubt, and apparently it hasn't been.
northlondon at 09:45 PM JST - 9th December

Here's another question related to this case and related to how the prosecutors fix a guilty verdict through the media. How come every defence lawyer allocated to these high profile cases looks like a nutjob ? Just seen the defence lawyer on TV this evening allocated to the guy in Togane accused of dumping the body of that poor 5 year old girl. Yet again the defence lawyer looks as though he is homeless and was wearing what looked like a tea cosy on his head ! Guilty verdict by TV audience.
airrunwesker at 10:25 PM JST - 9th December

"technicality"? In other words... Something is invalid... He is starting to seem like a "fall" guy for someone with a lot of money...

I question any situation where a little girl is walking the streets alone in the middle of the night.

We have something is America called an "Alabama Lie Detector" test!
nandakandamanda at 10:50 PM JST - 9th December

From my memory she was walking home late afternoon from school... (not in the middle of the night)
kjunluc2 at 06:04 AM JST - 10th December

He didn't intend to do it? Just what were his intentions?
zaichik at 06:56 AM JST - 10th December

How come every defence lawyer allocated to these high profile cases looks like a nutjob ?

Because the accused are usually from the lower end of society and can't afford a decent lawyer. I suspect Joji Obara's lawyer was altogether better presented....