Prosecutors to ask court not to try gangster under jury system for fear of reprisals

Sunday 19th July, 05:43 AM JST

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neverknow2 at 08:17 AM JST - 19th July

Samurai 1 Those Quaking in Fear 0

I have a feeling that Those Quaking in Fear will be doing so for a while.

Forever in this country
ZetaSagittarii at 08:34 AM JST - 19th July

I take it saiban-in is still in beta?
Disillusioned at 08:41 AM JST - 19th July

wouldn't it make more sense just to close the court room? On the other hand, why does this joker need to be tried in front of a jury anyway? He is as guilty as the day is long and it his court appearance is only for sentencing.
timorborder at 10:07 AM JST - 19th July

Prosecutors to ask court not to try gangster under jury system for fear of reprisals

One simple solution would be to take this guy out the back (the loading bay where they bring in prisoners) and just slot him out of hand.
sk4ek at 10:45 AM JST - 19th July

What a dangerous and shortsighted precedent to set so early in the evolution of the lay juror system.

This babysitting mindset in government would rather avoid the problem altogether, rather than putting the effort into creating safeguards and working to legislate against such possible reprisals.

Is the justice system incapable of protecting those charged with the task of upholding the law?
medievaltimes at 11:21 AM JST - 19th July

Saitama prosecutors said that as it is a crime by a syndicate, it is expected that its members will attend the court hearing and jurors may be threatened.

Ahhh...well...then arrest them.
Statistician at 11:48 AM JST - 19th July

After juries comes ... juror protection. Wake up and smell the coffee.
nutsagain at 11:53 AM JST - 19th July

TokyoHustler: That's a strange post TH. Then again, I had a look at your others out of curiosity and they're the same. Just odd ...
smithinjapan at 01:58 PM JST - 19th July

Big surprise!
helloklitty at 02:46 PM JST - 19th July

Hide their identities.
sharky1 at 03:19 PM JST - 19th July

oh gee, if they are afraid of reprisals, maybe they shouldn't try them at all!
NuckinFutz at 05:32 PM JST - 19th July

It is good to see this defacto admission that police are worthless in protecting jurors, arresting syndicate members, and protecting the public in general!
Blue_Tiger at 08:32 PM JST - 19th July

Why do I get the feeling that these men would be aquitted, and the reprisals would come against the police, the prosecutors, or both?
elbudamexicano at 10:54 PM JST - 20th July

If you all think the Japanese yakuza are just like your average Tanaka, you have another thing coming. This crazy, violent idiots, do not care about their own lives, and I am sure that they dont care too much either for the jurors etc.. it would be nice to have a system where the yakuza could never be able to see the jurors,maybe have some of that magic mirror, and make sure only the jurors see the scum bag yakuza, but never the other way around. A good yakuza is a dead yakuza, may they all burn in hell for all of eternity!
CryoSnipe at 12:23 PM JST - 21st July

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**sk4ek at 10:45 AM JST - 19th July

What a dangerous and shortsighted precedent to set so early in the evolution of the lay juror system.

This babysitting mindset in government would rather avoid the problem altogether, rather than putting the effort into creating safeguards and working to legislate against such possible reprisals.

Is the justice system incapable of protecting those charged with the task of upholding the law?

I agree with this guy. It'd be a very bad start to the new system to let the gangsters know that they have some sort of control over the outcome. I say he should be tried by a jury of peers and those jurors should be fully protected by their government. If every gangster had the thought that "if they put me in front of a jury I can win my threatening them" then the system is doomed from the start and the gov't may as well save tax payer cash by not even going on with it. So my opinion is STAY THE COURSE.