Japan’s Reformed Prosecution Review Commission: changes, Challenges, and Lessons

This article evaluates how Japan’s Prosecution Review Commission (PRC) has performed since it was reformed in 2009 to allow panels of 11 citizens to override the non-charge decisions of professional prosecutors. In the first eight cases of “mandatory prosecution” that have occurred since 2009, the c...

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Authors: Johnson, David T. 1960- (Author) ; Hirayama, Mari (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Asian journal of criminology
Year: 2019, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 77-102
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Prosecutors
Discretion
Democracy
Accountability
Japanese criminal justice
Fukushima