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Lay Judges to Join Bench in Japan

Will citizens temper Japan's courts, where 99.9% are found guilty?

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 25, 2007 8:38 AM CDT

(Newser) – Japan will give citizens the gavel in an effort to counteract its judicial system’s prejudice for presuming guilt. Six citizens and three trained jurists will sit on criminal cases, and the majority will rule, Bloomberg reports. The new system follows a clamor of criticism...   Read full story »

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