Last year, a boy who was arrested for murdering a woman in a commercial facility in Fukuoka City and sent back to the prosecution by a family court was charged with murder and other charges.
It is expected that the same lay judge trials as adults will be held in the future.
The indicted was a 15-year-old boy with an unspecified address.
According to the indictment, the boy was accused of murder in August last year at a commercial facility in Fukuoka City, alleging that he stabbed a 21-year-old woman with a kitchen knife and killed him.
The prosecution has not disclosed the boy's approval or disapproval of the charges.
Last year, the prosecution sent the boy to the Fukuoka Family Court, saying that the criminal disposition was appropriate, but the Fukuoka Family Court transferred the case to the Kagoshima Family Court, where the boy lived, based on the provisions of the Juvenile Law. ..
The Kagoshima District Court, which opened the referee, sent the boy back to the public prosecutor's office, saying, "We should face the seriousness of the consequences by criminal disposition and learn to control behavior." The day, I charged the boy.
In the future, it is expected that the same lay judge trials as adults will be held.
The Juvenile Law stipulates that the target age for criminal penalties is 14 years old or older, and in principle, if a person 16 years old or older commits murder, he or she will be prosecuted. Has been charged with murder in only one case in the last ten years.