Judgment cases seen from the murder of former Prime Minister Abe and the murder of a member of the Diet in the past.

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Assassination of Inejiro Asanuma

Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party Central Executive Committee, is a １７-year-old right-wing boy, Otoya Yamaguchi, during a speech at the Hibiya Public Hall in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on October １２, １９６０. The case of being stabbed by an arrow.The criminal Yamaguchi committed suicide in a single room at the Tokyo Juvenile Classification Home on the night of November ２, three weeks after the incident.

Hyōsuke Niwa stabbed case

October ２１, １９９０ A former member of the House of Representatives (１２th term) belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party and Hyōsuke Niwa, a member of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly (２nd term), was temporarily discharged from hospital due to schizophrenia at the Ground Self-Defense Force station in Nagoya city. He was stabbed in the neck and died the following month.The criminal is readmitted to a mental hospital.

Shinjiro Yamamura stabbed case

In １９９２, on April １２, the day before his visit to North Korea as the leader of the LDP delegation, he was stabbed and killed by a ２４-year-old second daughter who suffered from a mental illness at his home. Her second daughter wasdetermined to be incapacitated due to her loss of soul and was not prosecuted, but she committed suicidefour years later.

Koki Ishii stabbed murder case

On October ２５, ２００２, Democratic Party member Kouki Ishii died after being stabbed in his left chest with a Yanagi knife at his home parking lot in Setagaya Ward. On June １８, ２００４, the Tokyo District Court sentenced him to life imprisonment, stating that he could not trust the defendant's alleged "financial trouble" motive.On November １５, ２００５, the Supreme Court confirmed a sentence of life imprisonment.

Nagasaki Mayor Shooting Case

At ７:５１ pm on April １７, ２００７, Mayor Ito, who was on a tour, arrived in front of his election office in Daikokumachi, Nagasaki City, near JR Kyushu Nagasaki Station. He was shot at around ７:５１:４５ pm shortly after staff told reporters that the mayor had returned.

On May ２６, ２００８, the Nagasaki District Court sentencedto death, pointing out that it "shook the foundations of democracy, such as confusing elections."

On September ２９, ２００９, the appeal trial at the Fukuoka High Court abandoned the first-instance judgment, andwas sentenced to life imprisonment again. In a peculiar case in which the incumbent mayor was shot dead during the election, the suitability of the death penalty for one victim became the biggest issue. Regarding the reason for avoiding the death penalty, Judge Shoichi Matsuo pointed out that "It is necessary to fully consider that there is only one victim."

He then decided that "it is a challenge to democracy, but the motive is a grudge against the victims, not the purpose of obstructing the election itself," and concluded that "the choice of the death penalty must be hesitant."

Indefinite imprisonment in past examples

Regarding the cases where politicians were killed in the past, except for the case where the criminal committed suicide, both the case of Kouki Ishii's murder and the case of Tetsuya Shiroo's shooting have been confirmed as indefinite imprisonment for the murder of one victim.

Planning is the worst

The murder of former Prime Minister Abe includes social impact, election obstruction, firearms tampering, sword law violation, planning, clear murder, execution of murder, and unclear motives. When considering planning, it is a weapon that manufactures firearms by itself and is prohibited by law that has the ability to kill, which is considered to be the most malicious in terms of planning.

It is not at the level of purchasing kitchen knives in advance at a home improvement store or making a detailed action plan to kill the victim.

１ Representative and degree of influence

There is no doubt that he is one of the most influential people in Japan in terms of social impact, but since he is a general member of the Diet, it is unknown to what extent it will be added.

The motive is attributed to personal grudges, but there is no causal relationship between the suspect's mother and religious groups.#Blue#There is no causal relationship with former Prime Minister Abe. , I can't find the part that takes into account the situation.

Life imprisonment or death penalty

If you look at past examples, you will be sentenced to life imprisonment, but it will be interesting to see if you will be sentenced to death.Former prosecutor Yoji Ochiai points out that there is a possibility of the death penalty, using the death sentence of the first instance of the Nagasaki District Court as an example.

Although it is an epoch-making judgment as a death sentence for the murder of one person, what kind of judgment will the judiciary make regarding planning, its maliciousness, selfish motives, etc.? The anger of the people does not seem to subside.