39
年前、
福井市で
女子中学生が
殺害された
事件で、
有罪が
確定して
服役した
男性の
再審=
やり直しの
裁判で、
来月、
判決が
言い渡されるのを
前に、
男性が12
日、
支援者とともに
無罪判決を
求める要請書と
全国から
寄せられた
署名を
裁判所に
提出しました
39 years ago, in a case where a female junior high school student was murdered in Fukui City, a man who was convicted and served his sentence submitted a petition requesting a not-guilty verdict, along with signatures collected from across the country, to the court together with his supporters on the 12th, ahead of the verdict to be delivered next month in his retrial.
1986年に福井市で中学3年の女子生徒が殺害された事件で、有罪が確定して服役した前川彰司さん(60)の再審の判決が来月18日に言い渡されます
In the case where a third-year junior high school girl was murdered in Fukui City in 1986, the retrial verdict for Shoji Maekawa 60, who was convicted and served time, will be handed down on the 18th of next month.
これを前に前川さんは12日、およそ30人の支援者と名古屋高等裁判所金沢支部を訪れ、無罪判決を求める要請書と全国から寄せられた2544筆の署名を提出しました
Previously, on the 12th, Mr. Maekawa visited the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court with about 30 supporters and submitted a petition requesting a not-guilty verdict, along with 2,544 signatures collected from across the country.
前川さんは逮捕から一貫して無実を訴え続けていて「事件発生から39年間、誠意をもって闘ってきたことを裁判官に伝えてほしいと申し上げました
Mr. Maekawa has consistently maintained his innocence since the arrest and said, I told them that I want the judge to know that I have fought sincerely for the 39 years since the incident occurred.
判決の
日まで
堂々と
いつもどおりの
生活を
送りたい」と
話していました
I want to live my life with confidence as usual until the day of the verdict, he said.
前川さんを支援してきた日本国民救援会中央本部の瑞慶覧淳 副会長は「前川さんを長年苦しめてきたえん罪の原因となった部分を明らかにしてもらい、今後の司法全体にいきる判決にしていただきたい」と話していました
Mr. Jun Zukeran, Vice President of the Japan National Relief Society Central Headquarters, which has been supporting Mr. Maekawa, said, I would like the cause of the false accusation that has tormented Mr. Maekawa for many years to be clarified, and I hope this verdict will serve as a precedent for the entire judiciary in the future.