SAITAMA (Kyodo) The Saitama District Court has asked the media not to report some of the remarks made by lay judges at post-trial press conferences because they could breach confidentiality obligations.
The request, made Monday, was spurred by responses two male lay judges made to reporters when asked about the trial of a 53-year-old man they sentenced to nine years in prison for arson.
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