DING DONG Witch is dead (soon)!

[Taro Toporific]

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[GuyJean]

I don't know about this one:

This is what NHK tells me:

1 - The arsenic found in Hayashi's home "closely" matches other arsenic found in a plastice cup near the curry, and still other arsenic found on a metal drum at a neighbor's house. The actual arsenic in the curry couldn't be "effectively" identified because it was too diluted.. (no evidence)

2 - Hayashi was the only one that couldn've laced the curry because she was "probably" the only one left alone in the garage. (no witnesses)

3 - Hayashi said nothing in her defense. In fact she said nothing at all during the trial. (no confession)

4 - They have no motive.. The authorities are still wondering what her motive might be. (no motive)

Based on these facts, this woman deserves the death penalty? I smell the stank of worthless lawyers..

I guess it's better to kidnap a 9 year old girl and keep her as a pet for 9 years..

Note to self: Never keep arsenic in the kitchen!!

GJ

[GuyJean]

A-HA! Someone catching on..

Court Ruling Finds no Motive for Crime

It is very unusual for a court to hand down a death sentence without identifying why the accused committed the crime.

The Chiba District Court found a doctor of a hospital affiliated with Chiba University, who was accused of serving bananas, cakes and other foods laced with typhoid bacteria to patients and colleagues between 1964 and 1966, not guilty in 1973. The court's ruling said that it could not identify his motives for the crimes and it was therefore impossible to believe he had committed them.

However, the Tokyo High Court court found him guilty and sentenced him to six years in prison. The Supreme Court upheld the high court's decision in 1982. The decision was irrevocable.

This case demonstrated how difficult it is to make a ruling in a trial of a crime without an obvious motive.

Hhhhmmm..

GJ

[Ataru]

The case against her doesn't really add up to much more then a lot of circumstanal evidence with nothing directly linking her to the crimes. While I still think there's a very good chance she did it.. there certainly isn't enough here for her to get sentenced to death. Not that I'd expect anything more from the Japanese judicial system.. most of the Japanese rulings I've heard about seemed utterly arbitrary and about as far removed from reality as you can get.

I also don't quite get people's bloodlust over someone like this getting sentenced.. most of the people cheering from the sidelines have never met either the defendent or the victims. Getting all giddy over something like this seems rather sick and tasteless to me.

[Taro Toporific]

... most of the people cheering from the sidelines have never met either the defendent or the victims. Getting all giddy over something like this seems rather sick and tasteless to me.

The wacko baba is as guilty as O.J. In the real world, she would have walked. That said, she was great theater while she was free---I can only smile of the image of her literally, hosing the Press who were hounding her.

As for "sick and tasteless", that's a great reason to enjoy Japan.

[gaijinzilla]

I say DON'T hang her. Instead, she should be fed poisoned curry.

[Ataru]

... most of the people cheering from the sidelines have never met either the defendent or the victims. Getting all giddy over something like this seems rather sick and tasteless to me.

The wacko baba is as guilty as O.J. In the real world, she would have walked. That said, she was great theater while she was free---I can only smile of the image of her literally, hosing the Press who were hounding her.

As for "sick and tasteless", that's a great reason to enjoy Japan.

While I agree that there was a good chance she did it, it just doesn't seem like the case against her was strong enough for a conviction, especially when the death penalty is involved. And it also seems odd to me that in many other murder cases in Japan, even where the evidence against the defendent is much stronger, the sentences end up only being like 10-15 years. Baffling. But, there was a huge amount of publicity about this case...

Oh, and I enjoy sick and tasteless as much as the next person.. maybe even more. However, I just don't understand when people get worked into such a tizzy about stuff like this.

[Marvin Feltcher]

No district court judge in the land would ever dream of letting her off. She had been tried and hung by the tabloids before the mainstream media had even started covering the case.
What she SHOULD be hung for, though, are all those Miki House T-shirts she used to wear without a bra, letting her breasts swing along as she walked, smashing her knees and sickening a national TV audience.

[Taro Toporific]

What she SHOULD be hung for...

She ought to swing because she's the most dread lifeform to ever walk this planet .... she's a Japanese INSURANCE LADY. Arrrrg!

[GuyJean]

she's the most dread lifeform to ever walk this planet .... she's a Japanese INSURANCE LADY

Mr. Nazihara says grandmas are worse.. He's starting to look like a shit-grandma himself.
Trial judge completes the vicious circle in curry-poisoning case

The prosecutors, citing testimony from other women who said that they did say disparaging things about Hayashi because she failed to show up for the curry preparation..

Uh.. Is it possible they framed her? Nah. Japanese people would NEVER do that..

What's interesting about the judge's decision is that he allowed only videotape that had been shown on TV. In fact, he indicated that since the footage had already been seen by the public, it was somehow irresponsible not to include it as evidence.

Juries?! We don't need no stinking juries.. We have the media.

Note to self: Do not appear in Japanese court.

GJ

[cstaylor]

Note to self: Do not appear in Japanese court.

Don't worry... you probably wouldn't survive the 23 days of "confession-taking".

[Taro Toporific]

Court Ruling Finds no Motive for Crime

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Death Row's curry killer to stir up election pot
MSN-Mainichi - June 27, 2007 - By Marvin Feltcher
Notorious curry killer Masumi Hayashi plans to run for next month's Upper House elections from Death Row, screams Shukan Gendai (7/7).
"She's seriously considering running for office. She's got politicians in her family and she's really up on politics. And if she does run for office, she's got a platform to say whatever she likes in public," a pal of the mass murderess tells Shukan Gendai.
Hayashi, like all others running for office, has until July 12 to file her candidacy for the July 29 House of Councillors election. And just because she's on Death Row, doesn't mean she can't stand. Under Japanese law, as long as a conviction is not confirmed, inmates are allowed to run for office...more...