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Man sentenced to 11 years for fatal drunk driving crash

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The Sapporo District Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man to 11 years in prison for dangerous driving resulting in death after he hit and killed a 19-year-old student, while driving drunk in November of last year. 

According to the court ruling, Yuzo Fujimori, went through a red light, driving at over 90 kilometers per hour, in Noboribetsu, Fuji TV reported. He hit Shuhei Moriguchi who was taken to hospital where he died of severe injuries.

The presiding judge said there was no doubt that Fujimori ignored the red light and that he had shown no signs of remorse.

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He ignored the red light, killed someone, and showed no remorse. So we are going to give him a light sentence to teach him a lesson.

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Japan has a ridiculous drunk driving limit, so he probably wasn’t drunk.

basically he is an idiot with bad manners. 10 years I hope, will change his sick life. Speeding is OK, but speeding through red lights is NOT. I wish the family get 5 minutes with him, in a room where he is tied to a chair, ...just for closure.

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Japan has a zero tolerance policy on drinking and driving, not a "ridiculous drunk driving limit"

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Japan has a zero tolerance policy on drinking and driving, not a "ridiculous drunk driving limit"

The legal limit is 0.03 in Japan.

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The legal limit is 0.03 in Japan.

This is a very misleading statement. The charge of 'sake yoi unten' is based solely on a police officer's discretion. They do not have to even administer a test. The 'legal' limit that you always like to reference is only used to determine the severity of the punishment after charged. I personally think 'zero tolerance' law in Japan is appropriate considering how many people can be red-faced drunk after a single glass of beer.

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