Uematsu defendant's feelings changed as well.Record of interviews January 7 19:38
"Disabled people only produce unhappiness."
Defendant Uematsu made a statement about his motive in an investigation immediately after his arrest, and made the public convulsed. I thought that it was necessary to hear the defendant's story directly, why the defendant came to have such a discriminatory idea.
To date, 46 letters have been received from defendants. I have 23 interviews.
While defendants continue to discriminate against persons with disabilities, as the trial approaches, there are some changes in their minds, such as fear of death.
(Reporter Kiyoshi Nana, Social Affairs Department)
Discriminatory claims unchanged
He sent letters to Defendant Uematsu several times, and his first reply arrived in June 2017, about four months after the indictment. The letter was spelled out in plain letters with a claim that exposed discrimination towards the disabled.
"Everyone who cannot communicate should be euthanized (letter June 7, 2017)"
"Severely handicapped take huge amounts of money and time (Letter on July 11, 2017)"
Uematsu responded for the first time in January with an adult.
The defendant, who appeared in the detention room of the detained Yokohama Detention Center, was not short blonde when he was arrested, but had blackened hair and was tied up behind.
He bowed to me before sitting in the sitting room, and said, "Thank you today. Thank you from afar."
When asked why he had the case, Defendant Uematsu said:
"Severely disabled people themselves create misery. People who cannot communicate are not humans. (Interviewed on January 22, 2018)"
These discriminatory claims have not changed in recent interviews.
For the bereaved
I have often heard of apologies to the bereaved and the victims.
"I'm sorry to have killed you suddenly (viewed on January 22, 2018)"
"I'm sorry to have killed you. (Interview on July 25, 2018)"
"I think it's a bit different if you say you haven't repented. But I think the word remorse is also different. (Interview on November 15, 1980)
The limited use of "suddenly killed" and the phrase "different from remorse" suggested discrimination toward persons with disabilities and ideas to justify their actions.
Interview with more than 100 people "I want you to hear the claim"
Uematsu's hair had grown to the middle of his back in last month's interview.
"I haven't cut it once in three years since I was arrested. If I had a free haircut, I would be a shaven. It's a fashionable problem. (Interview on November 15, 1980)
Uematsu has seen many other media and experts besides me. It is said that more than 100 people have been interviewed so far, such as sending letters to experts who have criticized their ideas for hearing their claims.
"By studying and meeting with people, I deepened my thoughts. I became convinced that my thoughts were correct. (Interview on June 19, 2018)"
"Because no one has ever publicly stated that anyone who can't communicate is unnecessary. That may be his achievement. (Interview on November 15, 1980)"
The defendant spoke this way, sometimes exaggerating his confidence that his claim was correct.
Change in mind
On the other hand, as the trial approached, Uematsu's sentiment began to change. In January, Uematsu said he had first custody and said he had criminal liability.
"I don't want lawyers to claim that they have no accountability. I think they have to die if they don't have the responsibility (January 22, 2018 interview)."
However, as the trial approached, she became increasingly fearful of the death penalty.
"I don't think my idea is wrong. I don't know if the killing was right. (Interview on June 13, 1939)"
"I have so much to regret. I think I did something ridiculous. As death approached, I began to think it was wasteful to die young. A trial or death penalty was approaching. (Interviewed on November 15, 1980)
At first, Uematsu was confident about the incident, saying "I have not done anything wrong," but recently she has changed to a timid manner.
In addition, lawyers have begun to speak different things, such as accepting that lawyers claim that they are not responsible.
"When I was killing, I thought I was really wrong. At the time of the incident, it was a bit strange. (Interviewed on October 29, Reiwa)"
"I think that the sins are better if they are lighter (viewed on December 19, 1980)
If a criminal trial finds that you were not responsible at the time, you will be acquitted. Lawyers are likely to claim that they were not accountable, and in court the question of whether or not they were accountable would be a major issue.
As Uematsu approached the trial, he was confused by the severity of his crimes and felt that he began to speak to the lawyers.
"I wanted to be a success."
Even after repeated interviews, I couldn't understand why Uematsu, who was in front of me, wanted to do just that.
Last October, during my nineteenth interview, I asked, "It sounds like it's fixing some logic. I don't know why it happened after all."
The answer from Uematsu was an unexpected answer.
"I really wanted to be a success. Unless I was a good singer or good at baseball. I thought it was the best idea. But I didn't end up being a success. I didn't have the money. (Interview on October 29, 1980)
And the day before the first trial
Uematsu's trial begins on the 8th. The defendant responded to the 23rd interview on July 7, the day before the first trial.
"I just want to apologize. (Interview on January 7, 1980)"
The defendant has expressed his intention to apologize to those who died in court and the bereaved.
On the other hand, he asked if he would cancel his allegations, and said, "If there is something wrong, we will retract it, but I don't think it's wrong."
I would like to focus on how the defendant speaks in court about the motives of the case, and how it is judged in the judgment.
Those who met the defendants
Tomoshi Okuda, president and pastor of the “Homeless Support Nationwide Network,” met with Uematsu defendant in the summer.
Mr. Okuda said, `` It was not a terrifying feeling as seen in the news at the time of the inspection, but an impression of a polite young man, but shocked to the defendant who plainly said that 'people who can not eat with moving and excreting are not humans' I received it. "
When Mr. Okuda responded to this statement by saying, "Does useless humans die in today's society?" He said, "Yes, there is no room in this society to keep useless humans alive. "
When Mr. Okuda asked, "Are you yourself a useful person before the incident happened?" Uematsu replied, "I was not a very useful person."
Mr. Okuda described the motives of the incident as saying, "Is he himself walking like a tightrope on the dividing line between meaningful and insignificant humans. I felt that the desire to be recognized as a useful person in society worked. "
Mr. Okuda talks about the incident at lectures and other events in various places to prevent the weathering of the incident.
A lecture held in Morioka City on March 19 last month also stated, "It is important to live equally with disabled and healthy people. It is necessary to share the common sense that life is more important than anything else in society. There is. "
Okuda said, “Some people in LGBT have low productivity in magazines, and homeless people are refused to enter evacuation centers during a typhoon. The problem of economic disparity in society Beyond that, the gap between existence and life itself is widening, and there is a tendency for some people who are able to live and those who do not have a tendency to be separated somewhere. If we do not review the position of this case again, we will misunderstand the essence. "
Mr. Okuda said in a trial that began, "I want Uematsu to say, 'I've chosen the wrong conclusion, I'm sorry.' Then, the lives of those killed and their lives are the same. Please be aware of that. "
He added, "Why defendant Uematsu caused the case is at the same time why 19 people had to be killed, and why society could not be protected. Must be considered as our problem. "
Wang University's emeritus professor, Satoru Sugi (83), lives with his daughter, Seiko (43), who has severe intellectual disability.
In April, Uematsu of the prison sent a letter to Mr. Saiku suddenly.
He exchanges letters and interviews to find out why the defendants happened.
The first time I saw him in July, he said, "I had the first impression that I was a weak young man without seeing my eyes." His face was fairly tight, and the trial was approaching, and I felt there was some tension in his way. "
Said Mr. Saigami, regarding the trial that will begin, "If the crimes of Defendant Uematsu end simply because they can not be forgiven in light of the criminal law, I feel that it is a trial for what. I want to know the relationship between society and the defendant, after clarifying what the claim is, and why the defendant came to such an idea. "
Mr. Uematsu said of the discriminatory claims that Uematsu repeatedly repeats, "It is true that there is a desire to kill the daughter and still want to break it into eight, no matter how hard it may be Uematsu does not know, though, that it is the fundamental way of human beings to take pleasure from it, and that defendants who throw away luggage that does not contribute to the economic efficiency and economic growth of society. If I accept this kind of thinking, I think it is my duty to keep telling society that this society will not be viable. "
Regarding the trial of victims anonymously in court, he said, "Anonymity reflects today's society, and if you do not disclose your name, such a situation is causing this crime However, there is a problem in society that makes it difficult to think about how difficult it is to live while caring for people with severe disabilities. " And talk.