tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post2174707016630484049..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Committees for the Inquest of the ProsecutionMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-72809299515751839582011-10-10T07:54:07.295+09:002011-10-10T07:54:07.295+09:00Anonymous -
Thank you for the clarifications and...Anonymous - <br /><br />Thank you for the clarifications and the corrections.<br /><br />Do you have a source for the number of cases that have passed through the revised system?MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-61326174378233603312011-10-08T23:55:40.540+09:002011-10-08T23:55:40.540+09:00Its really very simple.
The revision of the law di...Its really very simple.<br />The revision of the law did not "establish" the Committees, it gave the committees power to indict a certain person regardless of what the prosecutor's decision was. Until then, the committee's decision had no binding power, but now if they reach a decision of "起訴相当" twice, the court must appoint a lawyer to take over the prosecutor's job, and the lawyer must indict the said party.<br />There have been 4 such cases indicted so far, but Ozawa's is the first to actually have reached the courts.<br /><br />The reason that it was May 21st, is that that was the day that the revised criminal code passed the Diet and went into law in 2004 (the revision was not in 2009). The revised law stated that the new system, along with the new jury system (which of course was the main focus then) would go into effect "within 5 years". The Supreme Court and MOJ took the whole 5 years to prepare, so May 21st was the day chosen.<br /><br />By the way, you misquote the white paper. It is not "by request of by an authority" but "receiving a request or the authority to do so", meaning that they review cases either by request of the parties involved, or on their own authority (職権で).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com