TOKYO – The case of criminals against Japanese automaker Nissan and former executive Greg Kelly will begin Tuesday at Tokyo District Court. end of 2018.
Five questions and about the trial:
Q: WHAT ARE THE ALLEGATIONS?
A: Fees relate to Kelly’s role in the alleged sub-enactment of Ghosn’s long-term repayment of approximately nine billion yen ($85 million), a violation of monetary laws. Kelly says he’s innocent. Nissan, who is also charged in the same way, has already admitted her guilt, made corrections to the reimbursement documents submitted to the government and began paying a fine of 2. 4 billion yen ($22. 6 million).
Q: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN GHOSN?
A: Probably nothing. He suspended the expired bail last year and is now in Lebanon, which does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. Two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter Taylor, are being held without bail in Massachusetts on suspicion of helping Ghosn escape. hiding in a box. on a personal jet. The United States passed judgment on his recently approved extradition to Japan. The case is now before the United States Department of State.
Q: HOW ARE PENAL TRIALS CONDUCTED IN JAPAN?
A: The trial, before a panel of 3 judges, is expected to last approximately one year. There’s no jury. Jurors decide only for incredibly serious cases in Japan, such as murder. In principle, there is no guilt negotiation, although behind-the-scenes transactions are conducted all the time. Closed initial sessions are held before the trial begins, months before the real trial begins. Japan’s legal formula has been criticized both inside and outside the country as “hostage justice” because suspects are detained for months and questioned without a lawyer, leading to false confessions, critics say.
Q: WHAT ARE KELLY’S OPPORTUNITIES?
ANSWER: More than 99% of criminal trials in Japan result in a conviction. Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori, in an online presentation in English organized through the Japanese Embassy in the United States, argued that the conviction rate is very high because only Japan pursues about a third of the instances that arise, opting only for those that “result in guilty verdicts. “She insisted that there is a “presumption of innocence. “He declined to comment on the case of Kelly. Jamie Wareham, Kelly Kelly’s U. S. attorney, is sure he will be acquitted because he is “manifestly innocent,” but says he has been treated unfairly, awaiting trial for nearly two years.
Q: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
ANSWER: Prosecutors will provide their opening statement, making their case against Kelly on the first day of the trial. Republican lawmakers, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee have spoken out in Kelly’s favor. When asked about the trial, Tokyo’s deputy chief prosecutor, Hiroshi Yamamoto, said little more than reiterating his confidence that there is much evidence to obtain a conviction. The maximum sentence for Kelly’s fees is up to a decade in prison.
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