Kazuyoshi Miura was arrested for his involvement in Los Angeles gunshot incident. He was already not guilty in a Supreme Court decision.
US court said he was already not guilty because one incident is not argued more than once, but as to conspiracy he would not be charged by this so he ought to be judged in the US. They said arrest is just.
I think US can judge him in murder, or first degree manslaughter. Is US forgetting both US and Japan are different country? US court is acting as if Japan is a part of US even in judicial system. Though I can't deny Japan is already much involved in US political and economic system.
Mer, It's not like that. We have a very strict rule about making sure that one person is not put to trial for the same crime twice. If Japan said he is not guilty (or even if Japan said he IS guilty), that's the end of it... US court will not get involved.
ReplyDeleteUS tries very, very hard to get somebody into a trial in this country before they can have charges brought in their home country, but because California (and other states) have a death penalty ... many countries will not release their citizens to the US for murder charges. States that do not incur a death penalty (like Minnesota) are much more likely to be able to convince a foreign country to send their citizen back here to face charges related to a crime here.
US court said arrest is just because in Japan even if he was not guilty in murder charges, his case was not discussed about conspiring the crime.
ReplyDeleteBut it was clear that he didn't kill his wife, the point was whether he asked someone to kill his wife. After a very lengthy trial, Japanese court concluded there was no direct proof of conspiring the killing between Miura and the third person who committed the killing. But an incident occurred in Los Angels, not in Japan. Investigation by Japanese authority had its limitation form the beginning. If US court says anyone won't be put to trial for the same crime twice, he is the case. But dared to say so because I think it's from the consideration to a Japanese court.
He was arrested because US investigators thought there remains rational doubt about the conspiracy and murder by the third person thereafter.
I think US court has been starting another trial of the same crime under the name of a different charge, but it's not a wrong decision since the statute of limitation stopped when he left US, so I think US had a legal right to start a trial when Miura visited US.
He was arrested in Saipan.
It's a US territory. Not much to do about it.
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