Last month, the prosecution mistakenly filed a sentence that exceeded the legal limit for two defendants accused of possessing an obscene DVD for sale, and the Tokyo District Court did not notice this and exceeded the limit for six months. It turned out that he had handed down the judgment.
The Tokyo District Court says, "It is regrettable that such a situation has occurred."
A prosecutor at the Tokyo Regional Prosecutor's Office was sentenced to two years and six months in prison on the 21st of last month when two defendants were accused of possessing 21 obscene DVDs for sale. Is to have been sentenced to.
The Tokyo District Court was unaware of this, and both sentenced them to two years and six months in prison with a suspended sentence.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office appealed to the Tokyo High Court on the 9th to apologize to the two and correct the decision.
The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office says, "The prosecutor has neglected basic confirmation, and I would like to deeply reflect on it and try to prevent recurrence."
In addition, Hiroshi Goto, director of the Tokyo District Court, announced a comment that "it is regrettable that such a situation has occurred."