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© 2020 AFPMan gets suspended sentence for placing knives on prince's desk
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therougou
Never knew a knife was a firearm. I guess the official law is the Swords and Firearms Possession Control Law
obladi
It proves nothing at all about non Japanese.
WilliB
That sentence should not have been suspended. I do not even care that the kid was royalty. Threatening children should be unacceptable no matter whose offspring they are.
JerseyDevil
The outcome prove Japan is FOS, if a non J did it would be the end of them. The Judge is a a dim wit.
browny1
Chip Star - exactly.
What a weird statement by the judge - no room for leniency and that's exactly what he dished out.
And esp weird when a combination of knives, illegally tresspassing and the royal family come into context, is just about as socially / criminally provocative as one could get in Japan.
Shudder to think if the culprit was non-Japanese.
Kazuaki Shimazaki
Well, at least no one could say the prince got a "bonus" for being in a higher status than the defendant :-)
Chip Star
"There's no room for leniency," the judge said.
The suspended sentence directly contradicts this statement.
This nutter entered a school without authorization and put knives on a students desk. He needs some dork of incarceration, whether prison or a mental health facility) and his mental health monitored.
Sweet “justice” system.