Court Reform In Japan
A continuous, fair trial that determines guilt or innocence without extending for prolonged time is the aim of most legal systems worldwide; Japan's trial system, in theory, is no different. In practice, however, it would seem that Japan is lacking in both speed and fairness. A 99% conviction rate coupled with trials that extend for years has been forcing lawmakers to rethink the post WWII legal procedure.
In order to alleviate these problems the Diet (Japan's legislative branch) has passed a law to introduce a new criminal court system that will bring ordinary Japanese citizens into the courtroom. The system, known as Saibanin, will consist of a joint judicial group in which there will be three professional and six lay judges. The reasoning behind the use of lay judges that have no legal background is similar to that of the USA jury system. However, some key differences between both the details of the systems, as well as cultural and social aspects of the Japanese could......
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