"Can you see the defendant's lie?" Children learn to trial Supreme Court August 6, 2:45
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An event was held for children during the summer vacation to visit the Supreme Court, where they learned about the trial by participating in a mock trial and asking questions from the judges.
The Supreme Court holds a tour every year during the summer vacation, and about 350 parents and children participated on the 5th.
In a mock trial of a theft case conducted in a small court, the prosecutor and the lawyer's child asked the defendant questions, and the judge's child told the judgment and learned the flow of the criminal trial.
In the question section for the judge, elementary school students asked, “Can you see if the defendant lies?”, The judge of the Supreme Court Secretary General said, “The meaning of people may change depending on how they are heard. The official will decide whether or not to lie based on the evidence that "this is no doubt".
A 5th grade boy from Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, who participated, said, “I wanted to be a lawyer, but now I want to be a public prosecutor.