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Patricide Case
Japan Supreme Court
Hanrei Jiho (No. 697) 3 (1973)
- Written by Mary Katherine Cunningham, JD
Facts
After World War II, the National Diet of Japan—Japan’s legislature—amended the Criminal Code of Japan to conform with the newly enacted Constitution of Japan. However, the Diet did not amend Article 200 of the Criminal Code, which imposed harsher penalties for homicide involving linear ascendants than for any other homicide. Around 1973, a man perpetrated incestuous abuse upon his daughter over the course of 10 years. Eventually, the woman killed her father due to the abuse. The Japanese government charged and convicted her with homicide under Article 200 of the Criminal Code. The case came before the Japan Supreme Court.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)
Concurrence (Tanaka, J.)
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