Big winners in 'jury' system may be judges, bureaucrats
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With notices having already gone out to the randomly selected citizens who may have to serve as lay judges (saibanin) in serious criminal trials starting later this year, authorities are concerned that yakuza gangsters may end up being chosen. Oh well, at least they made sure to exclude law professors. This prohibition is interesting given one aspect of the media debate about the new system, ...
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