In the case where former Prime Minister Abe was shot and died while giving a speech in Nara City, the Nara District Court has canceled the summary court's decision to extend the period of 'detention' for psychiatric evaluation of the suspect. .

As a result, the appraisal detention period will be until January 10 next year.

In July this year, former Prime Minister Abe was shot and killed during a speech in Nara City, and Tetsuya Yamagami (42), an unemployed resident of Nara City who is suspected of murder, was arrested by the police. In response to the investigation, he stated that he caused the incident after growing a grudge against the "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification" former Unification Church, to which his mother had made a large donation.



The Nara District Public Prosecutor's Office is conducting a psychiatric examination to examine criminal responsibility by detaining him for an appraisal, but requested a second extension of the period on the 19th, saying that it was necessary to conduct a further examination. The Nara Summary Court has decided to extend the period until January 10th next year to January 23rd.



When the suspect's defense team filed a quasi-appeal on the 20th, dissatisfied with this decision, the Nara District Court canceled the decision to extend the sentence and also rejected the prosecution's request for a second extension, and the period of detention for the trial was extended. It's until January 10th next year.



According to the defense team, the district court explained, ``It is difficult to recognize the need to further extend the period, even considering the details of the prosecution's appraisal work in the future.

Yamagami's defense team ``reasonable decision''

Yamagami's defense team said that the decision to re-extend the period of detention for an expert opinion was rescinded and the prosecutor's request for re-extension was also rejected, saying, "We think it is a reasonable decision. I ask that you do not unnecessarily request an extension.”

Expert 'Extremely Unusual'

Norio Tsujimoto, a professor of law at Kinki University who specializes in the law of criminal procedure, said that the decision to re-extend the period of detention for an expert opinion was revoked, and that the prosecution's request for re-extension was also rejected, saying, "It's extremely unusual. Psychiatric evaluation is cautious. However, detention for appraisal is a severe measure that requires detention, and it is commendable that the Nara District Court took a firm stance that it would not accept an easy re-extension of the period. When requesting an extension, we need to give more careful consideration to whether it should really be extended."