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© 2020 AFPMan gets suspended sentence for placing knives on prince's desk
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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.
Kazuaki Shimazaki
Well, at least no one could say the prince got a "bonus" for being in a higher status than the defendant :-)
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.
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.
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.
obladi
It proves nothing at all about non Japanese.
therougou
Never knew a knife was a firearm. I guess the official law is the Swords and Firearms Possession Control Law