Mental Health Claims Made in Two Recent Trials in Japan

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English - June 20, 2024 21:00 - 7 minutes - 14.5 MB
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Two recent court proceedings in Japan have involved claims about the accused’s mental health: an appeal of nurse with autism whom was found guilty of murdering three patients and the man charged with killing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Episode notes:

‘Former Japanese Nurse with Autism Gets Indefinite Term in Appeal Trial’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/06/20/former-japanese-nurse-with-autism-gets-indefinite-term-in-appeal-trial/

‘Psychiatric exam finds ex-Japan PM Abe shooter mentally fit’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/06/20/psychiatric-exam-finds-ex-japan-pm-abe-shooter-mentally-fit/

‘Linking mental illness to violence tarnishes an entire community’, By Michael Gillan Peckitt & Mark Bookman, The Japan Times, August 2nd 2019, (Behind Paywall):

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2019/08/02/voices/linking-mental-illness-violence-tarnishes-entire-community/