The court concluded that "the court over life" was last spoken on February 20 at 19:56.

"I can't say much because I'm a normal mother ..." said the mother, who stood in court, crying with her beloved 19-year-old daughter's thoughts and deep sorrow. One lawyer pointed out that the case was "a distorted self-realization" of a young man who wanted to 'recover' his useless self. The defendant pointed out, despite being sentenced to death, repeatedly repeated his assertion and said, "Thank you for your attention." A trial lasting 43 days was finalized.

Why he has drawn a line to life

Monday, February 17, Yokohama Port in the morning. While the cruise ship, which was confirmed to be infected by the new coronavirus, continued to anchor, more than 600 people were gathering at the court in a park near the red brick warehouse.

A 59-year-old woman from Yokohama.
"I think the punishment is unavoidable, but I would like to know more than why defendants came to have the idea of ​​drawing a line between people with and without disabilities."

A case where former defendant Seiji Uematsu (30) was charged with murder and other charges in a case where 19 residents were killed at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en facility in Sagamihara City.

On the day of the fifteenth hearing, a prosecution was sentenced. In this 7th hearing, we will share the last words spoken before the conclusion.

"Normal mom" for daughter

In the court on the 17th, the mother of "Miho-san", who was sacrificed at the age of 19, spoke about his feelings before the prosecution sentenced him.

While the victims were being heard anonymously, the mother announced the following names to her first trial, stating that "Daughter is neither Party A nor Party B".

The mother, who had been listening to the defendant's unchanging discriminatory claims and was spending a long time spelling out her words, told a court day before speaking in court.

"I'm a normal mother, so I can't say much. But I know Miho better than anyone, so I'm going to have to tell it in court. I thought it was important, but I dared to hit the grief and the harsh words, even if nothing came to the defendant. "

And on the day.

"I'm Miho's mother."

In response to the defendant behind the shield, the mother in court slowly and clearly began talking about Miho.

"Miho was born on a sunny winter day in December. He was a girl who had been waiting a long time with his older brother. My daughter told me about disability and autism. My daughter I was able to feel the importance of waiting and caring for people.The smile was very nice and healed me around.Smile like sunflower.Miho Lived hard every day. ''

As he spoke about the defendant's statements in court, he shouted and shouted.

"I was upset when I was told," I can't help thinking about my mother. "I didn't change my mind and I didn't feel like an apology. Did I just kill it in a painless way? I'm not kidding, don't joke, I can't meet Miho anymore. "

He told them how much suffering a bereaved family lost from an important family.

"After the incident, my house was messed up. My sociable grandmother withdrew into the house and couldn't go out of the house. My brother got sick and was hospitalized and quit work. When I go outside, my heart palpitations often frighten my whole body, I thought my life was over, because I lost someone more important than my life We have all been killed by you, you have taken all the future. Return Miho. "

And he conveyed it in a loud and clear voice.

"I tell you that there is no life you can take without permission. Did you live without knowing that? Did your parents or anyone around you tell you? What a poor person, what an unfortunate environment I was, I was very happy with my daughter, I was never unhappy, my daughter just happened to be born with disability Nothing is wrong. "

Finally, he complained.

"In your words, you are a person who makes misfortune, a nonproductive, worthless living person. I will never forgive you whatever the penalty given to you. I've ended my 19-year short life, deprived of my future, so you don't need the future. I want you to be punishable. End your life without going outside. "

Defendant Uematsu was not as emotional as ever, and occasionally sighed small. Meanwhile, in court, the mother's sobbing sound was echoing for a while.

"I want you to suffer lifelong sins without being easily executed."

Lawyers representing survivors and victims' families also commented on the severity of the sentence on this day.

The opinion of a 43-year-old man's mother and sister, called "Mr. Ko S", was also read out in court.

"Mother and sister are still unable to accept death."

During this time, I was informed of my thoughts while attending hearing.

"During the past month and a half of the trial, I couldn't hear from the defendant that he had said" I was wrong. " Every time I feel like I've killed all people with disabilities in society, including Koa S, and I've been hurt many times. "

He also spoke out about the weight of the penalty.

"I don't think it would be a penalty for the defendant to be easily sentenced to death. I want him to be sentenced to life imprisonment and suffer all his life for the crimes he's committed. I want you to make up for it after understanding that this case was absolutely unacceptable. However, since there is no life sentence in Japan, I will seek the death penalty. "

"Recovery" and "Distorted self-realization"

Taro Takimoto, a 19-year-old Miho-san's mother and brother's agent, is a lawyer who once helped a believer leave Aum Shinrikyo and has been attacked by a believer.

Takimoto also came to court on the day, pointing out that the case should be considered a "terrorism case."

"The defendant urged the government to take a 'euthanasia' policy for persons with multiple disabilities, which he did not even hope for, and because he first killed a large number and appealed to society and the country, Yes, we have to face this in court. "

Uematsu also cited the following three factors that caused the case.

1. He had a certain amount of malice and contempt for persons with intellectual disabilities, but he was amplified by taking a job at Yamayuri Garden.
2. In a social situation that emphasizes only production and cost, I thought of myself as “useless self” and wanted to “recover” it.
3. As I grew up and became less prominent, I worked on “distorted self-realization”.

Regarding item 2, Takimoto further points out:

"It seems that not many young people, like defendants, regard themselves as 'useless self.' It is the responsibility of many of the adults, of course, that the problem was that this case was invented as a "method of recovery". The defendants remained too sloppy to consider themselves. "

He then demanded that the defendant be executed.

"Because the defendant's life is also here miraculously, it is a very important 'worthy thing'. That is why defendants must lose their precious life as a punishment."

"I will not appeal any judgment"

There is only one issue in this case.

"At the time, did the defendant have the responsibility?"

On February 17, the prosecutor stated his reasons for the weight of the sentence, and finally said, "I'm seeking a prisoner."

"I think the accused should be sentenced to death."

At this time, Uematsu did not blink, without expression. It was just looking forward and staring somewhere.

On February 19, at the 16th hearing, the defendant's lawyer who made the final defense asserted that he was acquitted, saying that "the defendant was not responsible."

The defendant was given the last opportunity to speak.

"I will not appeal any judgment. The trial is so tired that it creates negative emotions."

And finally said,

"I think the real issue in this case is to think about when you'll lose communication. Thank you for having been with me for so long. Thank you for your attention."

The defendant bowed to the prosecutor, followed by the judge, the judge, the lawyer, and the auditorium, and the trial was closed.

Was the incident a hate crime?

Trial for 43 days. One of the 19 people killed in the case, a 60-year-old woman's younger brother called "Ko-san" in court was concluded.

"At the end of the trial, I was surprised at the start of Mr. Uematsu's speech. Through my self-assertion, I thought that it was too bad. I couldn't help listening to it, I couldn't help seeing it.

And based on the fact that we asked the defendant directly in the trial.

"I thought it was clear that I would express my feelings in the trial, but I couldn't organize my feelings as much as I thought. That scene of July 26, three and a half years ago, still remains."

Goji, the father of Kazuya Ono (46), who became temporarily unconscious in the incident.

"I feel relieved that I finally concluded. The lawyer argued that the defendant was innocent for insanity, but that the bereaved family and the family of the victim would be judged as per the prosecution's sentence. "

About the defendant's last statement, "The trial is very tired."

"I thought he was real. I still don't know where he really is."

Mr. Tomoshi Okuda, the past president and director of the “Homeless Support Nationwide Network” who has seen Defendant Uematsu, said in a review of the hearing.

Mr. Okuda raised the scene where the defendant said, "If you were a baseball player or singer, you did not have an incident."

"A lot of young people who have no turn in their lives have tried to make a turn on their own. Many young people are nervous that they do not have their turn or role." Does it make sense to live? " The defendant turned it to the disabled, but at the root he himself probably asked, "Is it worth living?" Hate for the disabled is also a problem, but forgive too thin and shallow I felt I shouldn't. "

And on the point that the defendant stated in court that "a society coexisting with people with severe disabilities should be impossible after all."

"I think it is this trial that asked us whether we really took care of the lives of all people in this society and how we live with people with disabilities. Whether you decide to live together will lead to real wealth, can we really eradicate the values ​​he has brought up and the claims he is saying? I think it will be from

What I felt during the 43-day interview before the conclusion

The point that many people, including observers, wanted to know in the trial,
▽ Why did the defendants take such discriminatory ideas?
▽ Why did the discriminatory idea lead to the act of "killing"?
か Is discriminatory thinking really a motivation in the first place?
I think that it was in such a point.

And perhaps many of the bereaved and victim's families wanted to be aware of the defendants' own mistakes and the weight of the lives they took.

Under these circumstances, I was impressed by the fact that the courts were engaged in the exchange of "life" such as "what is life", "what is human", and "what is communication".

In terms of "why did the case happen," I think that the defendant simply repeated the conventional explanation and did not see any new facts that could lead to clarification.

On the other hand, as the bereaved family, victim's family, and their lawyers continue to ask questions to approach the defendant, something like a fray appears. When I asked questions about the basis of discriminatory allegations one by one, I felt upset and seemed to hold back.

43 days from first trial. Did the defendant reach a word like the cry of the bereaved?

Now that many people have been asked to be sentenced, how do you think about your life?

The ruling will be sentenced on March 16.