Judge confirms the scene in the Osaki case 93-year-old woman's fourth petition for retrial October 12, 22:42
41 years ago, in the so-called "Osaki Incident" that occurred in Osaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, a 93-year-old woman who has been complaining of innocence even after serving a prison sentence for murder, etc. On the 12th, a judge visited the scene to confirm the situation claimed by the women.
Ayako Haraguchi (93) was sentenced to 10 years in prison for murdering her brother-in-law in Osaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture 41 years ago in 1979, and was sentenced to imprisonment, but consistently complained of innocence. I am.
In the third request for retrial, the Supreme Court overturned the district court's and high court's rulings last year and made an unusual decision not to allow the retrial, and in March the defense team filed a fourth petition for retrial.
Judges, prosecutors, and lawyers visited the scene privately on the 12th while the hearing continued at the Kagoshima District Court.
According to the lawyers, the situation was reproduced at the scene in line with the lawyer's claim that it was a bicycle accident rather than a murder, and he carried a man in his brother-in-law who had fallen into a gutter to the place where he was home. about it.
According to the defense team, it will be the first time in 24 years for a judge to directly confirm the situation at the scene since 1996 when the first request for retrial was made.
Attorney Yumi Kamoshida, the secretary-general of the defense team, said, "Seeing is believing, and I think it was conveyed to the court. I feel that it is the greatest response that can save Ayako."