Rindler Sigurd <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
>> > I said 'state'... meaning the Japanese government. Only those in the
> league
>> > of Sony, Matsushita, etc., can keep a trial going. 98% of Chinese
> prisoners
>> > of war, groups of Korean, Taiwanese, and Philippine comfort women, and
> other
>> > individuals have lost their cases or will die before they reach the
> Supreme
>> > court.

>> Uh, no, you mean before it reaches whatever highest court it will reach.

> Yes, they are running out of steam (money) and time. People with lots of
> money have definitely better chances in Japan. And don't forget, that there

Uh, that's true anywhere.

> is no jury system in Japan. A biased judge can ruin ones life with one last
> single word.

Depending on the lawsuit, that's true anywhere as well; the jury, if any,
only here's the first trial. After that, it's all appeals.

>> > What can one say about Japanese law, when a judge sends a bank robber 20
>> > years behind bars, and sentences a guy to 4 years in prison for kicking
> a 4
>> > year old child to death?

>> That it's not that different from a lot of places, if that's your

> Yes, but I have experienced more extreme cases here than in the USA. Of

Well, here in SF, we had a guy kill a mayor and a councilman, and got
5 years pyschiatric evaluation for bad diet. Robbing federally-insured
banks is a federal crime.

Mike