In response to the problem that records of juvenile cases and civil trials were discarded in courts around the country, the Supreme Court has decided to file a case in which a girl was stabbed to death in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture, and a request for an order to disband Aum Shinrikyo. For 100 cases, we decided to investigate the circumstances such as the records being discarded.
Regarding the records of juvenile cases and civil trials, the Supreme Court has instructed courts across the country to preserve them permanently if it determines that "special preservation" is necessary for cases that have attracted public attention. Turns out it was abandoned.
The Supreme Court decided to open a panel of experts on this issue on the 28th to examine how records of about 100 juvenile cases and civil cases were destroyed or designated as 'special preservation'.
The juvenile cases will be targeted at more than 50 cases in which inquiries have been received from the media about this issue, and it has been confirmed that they have been disposed of, and a few cases that have been confirmed to be "special preservation". I think it's possible.
In civil courts, 34 cases in which important constitutional decisions were made by the Supreme Court after 1996 were discarded, 3 cases were "specially preserved", and 3 cases were discarded even though they were designated as "special preservation". 6 cases of the Oita District Court.
The investigation will include the case in which a sixth-grade girl was stabbed to death by a classmate in Sasebo City, Nagasaki Prefecture in 2004, when the destruction was revealed, and a request for an order to disband Aum Shinrikyo.
The Supreme Court has compiled a report on the results of the investigation and future preservation policies, and plans to publish it by April next year.