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Are Criminal Defendants In Japan Truly Receiving Trials By Judges, Daniel H. Foote
Are Criminal Defendants In Japan Truly Receiving Trials By Judges, Daniel H. Foote
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Since my initial appointment as an assistant judge in April of 1950, I have served as a judge for over 39 1/2 years. For most of that time, over 30 years, I have handled criminal trials. Thus, one might say that I personally represent a living history of the current Code of Criminal Procedure. Human beings, however, inevitably tend to idle their time away; and I have been kept busy day in and day out handling cases and up until now have never had the chance to sit back and reflect dispassionately on the actual state of criminal trials. That …