In the so-called "Hakamada Incident," the prosecution also interviewed experts in response to the defense's allegation that evidence was forged in discussions on retrial and re-trial requested by Mr. Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death. It turned out that I submitted a written opinion of the counterargument to the court.
Iwao Hakamada (85) was sentenced to death in 1966 when four members of his family were killed in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, but he has filed a proceeding for innocence.
At a hearing held at the Tokyo High Court, a change in the color of blood stains on clothing allegedly belonging to the criminal, which was found in a miso tank near the scene about a year after Mr. Hakata was arrested, became an issue. I am.
The defense said that if the blood stains disappeared when they touched the miso for more than a year, someone other than Mr. Hakata would have put the clothes in the tank just before the discovery. It claims that the evidence was forged based on the expert opinion that "a chemical reaction that disappears occurs."
In response, the prosecution reported on the 30th that it submitted a counter-argument to the court in an interview with the people concerned.
In the opinion, based on the views of two experts requested by the prosecution, "Since the color of the tank at that time was only pale, a chemical reaction that lost the redness of blood stains proceeded. It is not admitted that it was. "
The Hakamada Incident has been guilty or not guilty for more than 50 years, and the next round of talks is scheduled for next month.