On the 14th, the bereaved families of the serial murders of children in Kobe attended a panel of experts at the Supreme Court, stating, I want you to create a mechanism to properly save records."
The 1997 Kobe child serial murder case had a great impact on society and triggered the revision of the Juvenile Law, but the Kobe Family Court destroyed all the records of the case.
The Supreme Court is investigating how records of about 100 juvenile cases and civil trials, including this one, were discarded. We invited Mamoru, kun's father, to hear his opinion directly.
According to Mr. Haji, who held a press conference after the event, based on the fact that the bereaved family was not able to attend the juvenile trial at the time of the incident, "I have a faint hope that if the law is revised and the records can be seen, we can get closer to the truth of the case. Even though I had it, it was taken away.
In addition, after investigating the details of the disposal process, we requested that the results be reported to the bereaved families and made public, and that the digitization of the records should be considered as soon as possible.
While the Supreme Court official apologized that the disposal was not appropriate, he said that he would report the results of the interviews with court officials in April, and that there was no explanation on the 14th. .
Mr. Haji said, "I would like you to consider the thoughts of the victims' bereaved families and create a mechanism to appropriately store the incident records, and also think about how to browse and expand the scope."