Four years ago, the prosecutor's office sent the Supreme Court to the Supreme Court regarding the sentence of the second trial, which sentenced the former chairman of the Parents' Association to life imprisonment for murdering a third-year elementary school girl of Vietnamese nationality living in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture. It turned out that he told the bereaved family that he would give up the appeal.

This will prevent the defendant from being sentenced to death in the future.

Defendant Yasumasa Shibuya (49), who was the chairman of the Parents' Association at an elementary school in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, was four years ago in 2017, a third-year elementary school student, and Vietnamese nationality Reeti Nhat Lin (9 years old at the time). ) Is accused of murdering.



In the trial, the prosecution demanded the death penalty, but the defendant pleaded not guilty, and last month (March) the Tokyo High Court said, "There remains reasonable doubt that admitting the plan, and the death penalty is unavoidable. He was sentenced to life imprisonment following the first trial of the Chiba District Court.



On the 6th, the deadline for appeal, the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office explained to the bereaved family, and the bereaved family told them that they would abandon the appeal.



According to the lawyer who was explained with the bereaved family, he was told that the reason was "I can't find anything that corresponds to the reason for appeal, such as a violation of the Constitution."



Lin's father, Ree Ain Hao, who has been seeking the death penalty, said, "I didn't know what I could do for my daughter when I heard that I wouldn't appeal. I've been working hard for the last four years. Has lost its meaning. "



The defendant has already appealed and will be tried by the Supreme Court, but the death penalty will be sentenced to the defendant in the future because there is a legal provision that if the prosecution does not appeal, the sentence cannot be heavier than the judgment of the second trial. Will disappear.

Former Deputy Prosecutor Hisagi, Tokyo High Public Prosecutor, "I couldn't find the reason for the illegal appeal."

Motonobu Hisagi, Deputy Prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, commented, "We thoroughly examined the content of the decision, but decided not to appeal because we could not find a legal reason for appeal."