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sir_bentley28
Hold on a tic of a tok........so she was on a suspended sentence when she committed another crime and they just added another suspended sentence to her new crime? 'scuse me while I sit back and think of that for a second.
So she knew what was doing, yet she was given another to do the same thing again? And we all know she will do the same thing again because.....
Scrote
It's true that under Japanese law if you commit a crime whilst on a suspended sentence you should automatically serve the jail time allotted to the suspended sentence. The Japanese supreme court web page states the very same:
http://www.courts.go.jp/saiban/qa_keizi/qa_keizi_28/index.html
However, everyone knows that judges in the Japanese "justice" system make up the law as they go along. I sometimes wonder if they have even read the laws that they are supposed to be applying. They certainly don't seem to understand them if they have.
That said, I think it would be a huge waste of money to put this woman in prison for stealing something worth a few hundred Yen, especially when bureaucrats who defraud the state of millions are not even charged.
Kobe White Bar Owner
eating disorders are often a sign of another disorder such as bpd, which has much greater challenges.
sensei258
I have to agree with yubaru on this one. even if she was a regular Joe she needs treatment that she wouldn't get in prison.
Yubaru
Different jurisdiction maybe? Seriously though I dont see any benefits from her going to prison.
fogetti
I don't get it. She stole a bag of candy worth 382 yen among other items. I might be completely wrong but I assume this happened in a supermarket where even the most expensive things might cost 10000 yen or so at most. Do the prosecutors really think that 1 year in prison is proportional to the crime? What term would they seek for her had she stolen a car? Capital punishment?
kohakuebisu
This lady said that she had struggled with bulimia, which was brought on by her coaches putting her under constant pressure about her weight during her career. The report I saw also talked to a Japanese psychiatrist who said that implusive behaviour like kleptomania was fairly common for people with bulimia. A quick Google search confirms that this is the case.
As an aside, I do know that the Norwegian cross country skiing team, basically the elite in that sport, stopped publishing the weights of its female athletes due to problems with eating disorders.
https://www.outsideonline.com/2191906/eating-disorders-are-more-common-you-think
Jimi
you can say that again, about 50 years behind the rest of the world..
Open Minded
Japan is not really renown for being smart in dealing with mental disorder.
Poor lady!
Meiyouwenti
She could have shaken off her pursuers if she had been a 100-meter-dash sprinter instead of a marathon runner.
nandakandamanda
cla68, as my J wife would say to me, "Stop being logical! Grrrrrr......"
cla68
What’s the point of a suspended sentence if nothing happens if you commit another crime?
M3M3M3
Well, we live in a free society where nobody can be forced into treatment against their will. What do you do with someone who is aware of their condition but fails to take sufficient steps to prevent offending for a second time? At some point you have to give them an incentive to seek treatment.
Fouxdefa
I hope she gets the help she needs.
papigiulio
A whole circus where she has to apologize for what is mostly due to a "mental disease". I cant help but feel sorry for her. Instead of ruining her life why not help her.
smithinjapan
Hang on... if she was already on a suspended sentence for a crime of the same nature, she should, by law, have to serve the previously suspended sentence, not get ANOTHER suspended sentence on top of the one she already has. I mean, I know Japan is the land of suspended sentences for lawmakers, other politicians, police, celebrities, and what not, but suspending the suspended sentence and adding another? Wow. Your average Joe Tanaka would most certainly not get this treatment, eating disorder that somehow forces you to steal or not.