You’ll regret it for the rest of your life! and intimidating the presiding judge… The background of the “Kudo-kai” president’s “unusually prolonged trial” and the shudder.
It has been about a year and a half since the first trial verdict. Finally, a date has been set for the appeal hearing.
The Fukuoka High Court has set September 13 as the date for the first hearing of an appeal against the death sentences of Satoru Nomura, 76, the president of the designated dangerous gang Kudo-kai, and Fumio Taue, 66, the number two and chairman of the Kudo-kai, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a former fishing union head and others and the violation of the Organized Crime Punishment Law (attempted systematic murder). The Fukuoka High Court has decided to hold the first trial for the appeal on September 13. Both defendants had pleaded not guilty and appealed.
FRIDAY Digital” reported on August 25, 2009, the shivering courtroom where both defendants frightened the presiding judge. Let us look back at the details of the trial and the background of the prolonged trial (some parts of the article have been corrected).
(The article has been partially revised.) “You’re awful, you know. ……
Fukuoka District Court, Legal Case No. 101.
The top gang leader, who had been calmly listening to the presiding judge’s remarks, changed completely when the main sentence was delivered. He stood up from the long chair near the witness stand and threatened the presiding judge, saying, “I was asking for a fair trial.
I was asking for a fair trial. I don’t know if there is such a thing as a fair trial. You will regret this for the rest of your life!
The number two defendant, who was also being tried, said immediately after leaving the courtroom.
You’re terrible, you ……. Mr. Adachi!”
On August 24, 2009, the Fukuoka District Court (Tsutomu Adachi presiding) handed down a serious verdict. Nomura, the head of the Kudo-kai, was sentenced to death as requested. The defendant Tague was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Fukuoka Prefectural Police launched Operation Summit in September 2002 to arrest Nomura and other Kudo-kai leaders en masse. A 3,800-strong team of investigators arrested Nomura and others.
The trial will begin in October 2007. The Fukuoka District Court excluded the case from the jury trial on the grounds that there was a risk of harm to the elected officials. Nomura spent nearly seven years in detention, but he had expressed confidence in his innocence. There was no clear evidence to support his involvement as the perpetrator of the crime,” said a reporter from a national newspaper.
