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Lay judges' acquittal reinstated
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The Supreme Court on Feb. 13 overturned a high court reversal and upheld a lay judge acquittal of a man tried for drug smuggling. The ruling was the first acquittal handed down in a lay judge trial to be finalized by the Supreme Court since the lay judge system debuted in 2009. The case was also the first acquittal to have been overturned by a high court. (Kyodo News)
最高裁、裁判員裁判の一審判決を支持
覚せい剤取締法違反などの罪に問われた会社役員の上告審判決が２月13日最高裁で行なわれ、裁判員裁判による無罪判決が上告審で初めて確定した。
Shukan ST: FEBRUARY 24, 2012
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