Four years ago, the Tokyo High Prosecutor's Office said, "Find a legitimate reason." "I didn't," he said, giving up the appeal to the Supreme Court.
In May 2018, Ryo Kobayashi (27) took a girl in the second grade of elementary school who was on her way home from school in Nishi-ku, Niigata City by car, took an obscene act, strangled her and killed her on the railroad track. He has been accused of murder and other charges for abandoning his body.
The first trial sentenced to life imprisonment for the death sentence, and the Tokyo High Court of the second trial also said on March 17, "I have to say that criminal liability is very heavy, but I tried to take my life positively. That's not the case, "he pointed out and sentenced him to life imprisonment.
The deadline for appeal was March 31, but Hiroshi Yamamoto, Deputy Prosecutor of the Tokyo Higher Prosecutor's Office, abandoned the appeal, saying, "We thoroughly examined the content of the decision, but could not find a legal reason for appeal." Clarified.
Meanwhile, the defendant is seeking a fixed-term imprisonment, and a lawyer has already appealed.
From now on, the Supreme Court will decide, but because the prosecution does not appeal, the accused will no longer be sentenced to death under the provisions of the law that the sentence cannot be heavier than the judgment of the second instance.