legion wrote:The defense has asked for leniency, saying the defendant should be spared prison time. In his closing statement Monday, Nonomura said, "I'm sorry I could not fulfill my responsibility to make thorough explanations because of my inability to answer questions due to a lack of memory."
So why leniency, because he can't remember what he did that resulted in expenses of 9 million yen?
He's sorry he's unable to do so sue to his inability to...because he forgot. It should probably be more worrying that mental cases like that have any kind of decision making power with a salary.
