The Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday approved a government proposal to ban prosecutors ¡°in principle¡± from appealing a retrial order, aiming to shorten the retrial process for those who might have been wrongly convicted to clear their names.
The approval paves the way for the revision ¡ª a top priority for the government ¡ª to be approved by the Cabinet on Friday and be submitted to the current parliamentary session, which runs through July 17. It was approved by an LDP panel Wednesday night.
For the past 1? months, LDP lawmakers and the Justice Ministry have been at odds over the revision of the retrial system under the criminal procedural law. The ministry, which oversees the Public Prosecutor¡¯s Office, had wanted to retain the prosecutors¡¯ right to appeal, while the LDP ¡ª siding with retrial victims ¡ª said it should be banned.
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