Widow pleads not guilty to murder of Japanese 'Don Juan'

Sorry buddy, but if women are with you because you pay them a lot of money to be with you, then you are not a “Don Juan.” You are a client of prostitutes and call girls, ie a “John.”

Suuuure Ms. Sudo.. "we all belive you didn't kill"..... (rolling eyes)

I’d say she probably did it but then they have to have enough evidence to be sure that they aren’t putting an innocent behind bars… (in normal justice systems)

oh dear ;)

https://nypost.com/2021/05/08/porn-actress-suspect-in-poisoning-of-japanese-real-estate-mogul/

As I recall, she initially killed his dog first (to test the efficacy of the drug) before murdering him several days later...

Not-guilty plea means the police will have to work for this one. Lots of circumstantial evidence by the sounds, but it mightn't be enough.

She was also convicted earlier this month of stealing from another man between 2015 and 2016 and faces a prison sentence of three years and six months.

If its earlier this month, presumably the victim of that crime went to the police after Sudo became famous for this case. It sounds like Nozaki was happy to have any attractive woman willing to take his money (his chat up line was "I'll give you 400,000 yen to do it" and he would hand over ichiman with his business card) but presumably he'd have drawn the line at someone already being investigated for theft.

"The focus of the trial is whether she can be convicted of murder after prosecutors decided to argue the case on the basis of circumstantial evidence."

This above my pay grade, but based on my two cents opinion. Circumstantial evidence had to be very strong and of conclusive nature before getting a conviction based on a murder charge.

No confession by the accused - the Japanese prosecutors won’t know what to do in this highly irregular scenario….

I think she did it, but on the other hand I do not think it can be proven that she did it. No idea what the court will make of that.