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NAGASAKI
A 16-year-old girl who murdered and dismembered a classmate in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, last July, will be sent to a medical reformatory rather than be tried in a criminal court.
The Nagasaki District Court handed down its ruling on Monday. The presiding judge said the girl, who suffers from an autistic disorder, lacks any sense of morality and that sending her to prison would worsen her mental condition and make rehabilitation more difficult, Sankei Shimbun reported.
The girl was judged to be criminally responsible after a series of psychiatric tests last autumn.
Prosecutors said that because the girl had researched laws surrounding juvenile crimes at the library, and because she had purchased a weapon before the incident, she had meticulously planned the attack and was therefore criminally responsible for the murder of her classmate.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/sasebo-girl-who-killed-classmate-sent-to-reformatory
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Lots' of folks wanting revenge and proclaiming that she'll just be coddled and released anonymously in a few years.
REP
(21,691 posts)They committed some pretty horrible crimes and were released with new identities.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_child_murders
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasebo_slashing
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Has been getting time outside and it's not so bad now that they are monitoring him. But his getting free and being trusted to take his anti-psychotic meds? Scary. I just don't know.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Sounds promising.