Defendant screaming, "Who is your important person?" February 7, 22:21
If there is a person in front of you who justifies the standards of life and justifies taking another person's life because it deviates from it, what questions and what words do you ask? "Sei Uematsu, who is your important person?" The man quietly spoke to the defendant who killed his loved one. Survivors, victims' families, lawyers representing agents, judges ... Each one directly asks Uematsu defendant, and tells the hearing that the defendant was upset.
Question to the Defendant Uematsu
Three and a half years ago, 19 residents were killed at a facility for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara City. In a trial in which former employee Satoshi Uematsu (30) was accused of murder and other charges, "Questions for Defendants" began on the eighth hearing on January 24. In this interview, four questions from the defendant will be used to follow defendants who continue to discriminate and interact with those who are trying to confront it.
Defendant saying he had a death penalty if he had no responsibility
On the first day, the defendant's lawyer was the first to ask the question. We asked about the only issue in the trial, "responsibility."
(Defendant's lawyer)
"Do you know what our lawyers are making?"
(Uematsu defendant)
"Yes, I know. She claims to be commuted or acquitted for insanity and weakness."
"I think it's wrong to fight for accountability. I think I'm accountable."
"I think you should be sentenced to death immediately if you are not accountable."
The defendant claims that he is "if not" instead of "if it has the responsibility". He was directly opposed to a lawyer innocent.
Defendant in court today cited "insanity" as a "noncommunicable person" he denied, apparently stuck to claiming "responsible" to indicate that he was not Looked like On the other hand, he said about the circumstances leading up to the case.
(defendant)
"I told about 50 friends about the plan. I think more than half of them agreed and understood."
(Defendant's lawyer)
"What is consent?"
(defendant)
"I got the most laugh when I said 'kill the disabled'."
(Defendant's lawyer)
"Did you accept it?"
(defendant)
"I think it was a laugh because it was true."
Perhaps some people were so unrealistic that they had to laugh. The defendant allegedly interpreted "laughter" as "consent to homicide". He further stated that euthanasia, marijuana, and casinos should be legalized, and that he was seeking a chance to speak up on marijuana, and was vocal in his opinion. The lawyer, who was asking for innocence, completed the defendant interrogation, significantly shortening the original schedule.
A female employee said, "I have a heart."
Prosecutors questioned that a female employee detained in a home where five were killed attempted to stop the defendant while screaming.
(Prosecutor)
"Did the staff tell you to stop?"
(defendant)
"(The staff) cried and said," I have a heart. "
(Prosecutor)
"What did you think?"
(defendant)
"I don't think it's a human heart to that extent."
The prosecutor questioned that the conversation could have taken place, taking one victim as an example.
(defendant)
"I don't think I can communicate"
"I don't think that level is human communication."
The defendant repeatedly stated, "How much," and "how much."
Defendant asks bereaved family, "Who is the most important person?"
Defendant questions on days 3 and 4. The bereaved family, the victim's family, and their attorneys stood in court using the victim participation scheme, which began 12 years ago.
A man who was killed in the case was a 60-year-old woman's younger brother who was called "Ko E" in court. Only one of the survivors asked the defendant question.
During this time, the man read the details of the terrible case in court and repeatedly visited the court from the first trial and watched the hearing as the defendant's discriminatory claims were repeated.
The man who stood in court with his black suit and tie began asking questions.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I think it's a painful trial, but how about Mr. Uematsu?"
(defendant)
"That's what I think"
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I asked anonymously, what do you think?"
(defendant)
"I can't help it."
The man calls the defendant "Mr. Satoshi Uematsu" and listens in a restraining and courteous tone throughout.
About the day of the case.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I was nauseated, and my tears did not stop at the peaceful sleeping face of my murdered sister."
The man continued with tears.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I think the trial is cruel. Tell me more about the situation and how my sister died."
Uematsu replied plainly.
(defendant)
"I'm sorry, I don't see any details of death. I think I probably stabbed more than three times."
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I live with the thought that the elderly and children have to help. I wonder if this case is just bullying."
(defendant)
"Sorry, I don't think so"
Men ask questions repeatedly.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"Sei Uematsu, who is your important person?"
(defendant)
"important person…"
The man continues with the defendant who says involuntarily.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I need family, friends, friends, and close people."
The defendant replied,
(defendant)
"... The important person is a good person."
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"What else?"
(defendant)
"There is none"
There was a scene where the defendant did not give a specific "someone" and then stopped.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"Sei Uematsu, do you like yourself?"
"Isn't the complex causing the incident?"
(defendant)
"Sure ... don't do this ... society ..."
When Uematsu, who does not speak words, asks the man, "It's good to be slow."
(defendant)
"If you could be a singer or a baseball player, you wouldn't have an incident."
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"I'm far from having a case with a baseball player."
(defendant)
"If you can, choose that."
Defendants line up becoming a baseball player and killing 45 people. He turned his eyes on how he felt, but he continued to ask questions calmly.
And finally.
(Brother of a 60-year-old woman)
"Finally, Mr. Seiji Uematsu, how do you take responsibility for killing my sister?"
(defendant)
"I can't help thinking about my mother who has been raised for many years."
"I think it is wrong to raise severely disabled people."
The man concluded the question, saying, "It's over and it's over." From the attitude of speaking to the child without struggling with passion or anger, I felt that at least for the last three and a half years, a man who had been struggling with how to reach the defendant had been wished for at least.
"Are you happy now?" "Not happy"
Next, Kazuya Ono's father, Takeshi Ono, who was seriously injured in the incident, came to court. Mr. Ono has been trying to convey the live form of his name since the incident immediately after the incident, with the victim being anonymous.
On the defendant question, Mr. Ono asked as follows.
(Mr. Ono)
"Have you tried to communicate with people with severe disabilities?"
The defendant immediately answered, "Yes," but when asked "What time was it?", He repeatedly asked about "What time ..." about five times and then said, "I was in contact with my usual communication. Therefore, there is no "here". "
Ono asked, "What can you communicate?" While defendant explained, "You can say your name, age, and address." Ono also asked the defendant:
(Mr. Ono)
"Are you happy now"
(defendant)
"Not happy"
(Mr. Ono)
"why"
(defendant)
"Because it's troublesome. It's rude now, because it's inconvenient."
As Mr. Ono advised, "The family of the handicapped was raising their children worried and felt a little joy in that," he said, but the defendant said, "I think about parents who have been raised for many years. I can't. "
About "communication" ...
After that, lawyers representing surviving families and victims continue to exchange information about "communication" with the participation of judges and judges.
Judge Kiyoshi Aonuma asked if he had been able to communicate while working at the facility and dealing with the disabled.
Defendant laughed a bit as he remembered back then.
(defendant)
"Some people have put their pants on their pants, and I thought it was kind of what they were doing. Sometimes they understood this request and sometimes made me laugh."
(Judge)
"I understand the request and laugh. Isn't that a communication?"
(defendant)
"I don't think it was a human communication."
The defendant returned immediately, but an impressive exchange.
The mother's lawyer of the victim of the 43-year-old man, Mr. Ko S, asked,
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"When you worked at Yamayuri Garden, you said that you were communicating with the residents, but how did you do anything other than words?"
(defendant)
"I'm glad to point it at TV, for example."
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"Isn't that communication?"
(defendant)
"I don't think it's human communication."
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"So how do you communicate in foreign languages and other places where you cannot speak?"
(defendant)
"Gesture gesture"
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"I understand, not gestures, but gestures."
(defendant)
"……Yes"
We will also listen to Miho's mother's lawyer, who was killed by the defendant at the age of 19.
(Miho's mother's lawyer)
"Where is the difference between a robot and a human?"
(defendant)
"I think humans and robots will not change much. I think humans are advanced robots."
(Miho's mother's lawyer)
"Are emotions in robots?"
(defendant)
"If you make a system"
(Miho's mother's lawyer)
"It's human beings who make it. Even if you can't say your name or address, you're human if you have the mind and emotions. Isn't that life itself?"
He also asked about defendants claiming that the reasons for the killings were "Persons with disabilities are spending money and time."
(Miho's mother's lawyer)
"You're receiving welfare after you've been removed from the hospital, which costs money. So you should die?"
(defendant)
"I'm for the time to study society"
(Miho's mother's lawyer)
"So, when you applied for welfare, did you say" to study socially? "
(defendant)
"I pretended to be depressed and applied."
Defendant Uematsu was sweating all of a sudden, suddenly taking off his suit's jacket and hanging on his chair, and he constantly wiped his sweat with a handkerchief.
If I am killed, "I think my parents will be sad"
The relationship between the defendant and his parents, which has not been revealed so far, is now apparent. About five months before the incident, what happened when he talked about the idea of euthanizing a disabled person?
(defendant)
"My parents stopped me saying, 'There are many people who mourn if they killed people.' I thought, 'Sure.'
My parents say I was raised carefully.
(defendant)
"I took a lot of help and went to the cram school, did some club activities, and live without any inconvenience. I came to the meeting after the incident, apologized myself, and my parents' tears And I thought I did something sorry. I'm shy but loving to my parents. "
The mother of a 43-year-old man, "Ko-san", said in a record read at the trial, "I want you to be my child again."
Mr. Ko's mother's lawyer asked the defendant:
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"Have you ever thought about what your parents would think if you were killed?"
Defendant replied, "No," after about 10 seconds of silence.
The lawyer further asked, "What if you imagined it now?" And he replied, "I think you will be sad."
(Koshi S's mother's lawyer)
"Is the sadness of your bereaved the same as your parents?"
(defendant)
"I think it's the same for some people."
Judges selected by citizens also asked questions.
(Male judge)
"Do you think the incident caused the society you were thinking at the time?"
Defendant thinking a bit.
(defendant)
"I think society has leaned toward coexisting with people with severe disabilities."
"I think it would be good if it was impossible."
The word "painful trial"
Uematsu's inquisitive and contradictory thoughts, as well as the defendant's questions that seemed upset, concluded.
At the next hearing, the bereaved family and others express their feelings in court. As a 60-year-old woman's younger brother, she asked the defendant, "I'm sorry," and when she contacted her later, she said, "I felt sorry. I said it.
However, he immediately said, "No, I will consider what to tell the defendant again this weekend."
No matter what you say, the important person will not return, the defendant's thoughts may not change, but I still want to ask questions. I renewed the meaning of the word "painful trial" that a man touched with that thought.