LDP wants MOJ to further amend bill aimed at revising Japan's retrial system
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Wednesday stopped short of approving a modified draft of a bill aimed at revising the country’s retrial system.Many LDP members demanded that the draft bill be amended again to fully ban public prosecutors’ appeals against court rulings granting retrials.The Justice Ministry presented to an LDP meeting the modified draft bill that continues to allow prosecutors to challenge such rulings but called on courts to conclude appeal proceedings “within a year.”
