Supreme Court Chief Justice Itsuro Terada, apologizing to former leprosy patients and the nation for the top court's past discriminatory practice of trying leprosy patients in so-called "special courts" outside of standard courtrooms. (Mainichi Shimbun)
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I feel heartbreaking grief over the fact that courts, which are supposed to play a major role in realizing constitutional values, betrayed these expectations. I must deeply apologize to society and me
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Moonraker
With all the other failures to uphold the constitution by the Supreme Court this unprecedented mea culpa seems almost designed to suggest that failure is unusual and thereby deflect attention from the others.