Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 30, 2001
Japan

Members of the government's panel on judicial reform...

Members of the government's panel on judicial reform agreed that a joint judge-jury system should be introduced in criminal trials

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Members of the government's panel on judicial reform agreed that a joint judge-jury system should be introduced in criminal trials.
The panel members unanimously agreed that it should only be used in serious cases, such as murders in which capital punishment or life sentences may be handed down.
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  • (Sources: Asia Intelligence Wire, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 31/01/2001)