The Lucie case and Japanese justice: by @jakeadelstein et al
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Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Richard talks about the document collection "The Truth about Lucy Blackman" published in May 2007.
2011-06-20 20:07:21
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
It turns out that the book was a vanity collection that apparently Obara Joji paid for. And apparently the publisher is suing him.
2011-06-20 20:08:34
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
I always suspected that this book was paid for by Obara Joji. It's nice to know. http://amzn.to/iL9OUs In many ways, a horrific read.
2011-06-20 20:09:40
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
What was the most disturbing part of ルーシー事件の真実 (The Truth About Lucie) were reading her diary entries. Because then I felt like I knew her.
2011-06-20 20:10:39
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
The last thing you want do as a reporter is personally connect to the victim in a horrible murder. Then it begins to eat at you. Corrosive.
2011-06-20 20:11:28
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Listening to Richard Parry discuss the Lucie Blackman case, you can see that he has internalized the tragedy. It makes his book very moving.
2011-06-20 20:12:38
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Richard Parry points out that there is no real oversight body for the Japanese police, "just a bunch of stooges."
2011-06-20 20:13:17
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein Extremely suspicious how he got away from the police, how he remained at large after a litany of v.serious crimes....
2011-06-20 20:14:01
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
I'm not sure but I think the bunch of stooges he's referring to is: The National Public Safety Commission. 国家公安委員会 http://bit.ly/k8sgeM
2011-06-20 20:15:45
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
The Lucie Blackman case did expose a lack of police interest in female victims working in the adult entertainment industry.
2011-06-20 20:16:57
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Richard Parry was struck by Japanese title of the book 闇を喰う人々, at how powerful it was and the author gave him permission to use the title.
2011-06-20 20:18:03
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Thus, I correct myself. The Japanese book 闇を喰う人々(People Who Eat Darkness) was the inspiration for Richard's Parry's book title, w/permission
2011-06-20 20:18:58
Noelle
@xtristessa
@jakeadelstein I've read about that a few years ago. Lucie Blackman was a Roppongi hostess who was raped and murdered, right?
2011-06-20 20:18:49
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
@xtristessa Yes, those are the facts but not necessarily what the current legal judgement is at the moment. Welcome to Japanese legalism.
2011-06-20 20:19:51
Noelle
@xtristessa
@jakeadelstein That's really shocking. I hope it's not because she's a gaijin
2011-06-20 20:23:57
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
@xtristessa No, it's because Obara was a law department graduate who knew that if he never confessed the prosecution would be difficult.
2011-06-20 20:28:25
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein There is something profoundly and unsettlingly wrong with the police and public prosecution officials in Japan.
2011-06-20 20:17:56
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
@MikeBurkeJapan I don't know. There are good and bad cops. Some are dedicated, hard-working, and relentless.
2011-06-20 20:20:27
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein Absolutely, but there is something very wrong with a number of very powerful officials
2011-06-20 20:21:36
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
@MikeBurkeJapan I know a cop who's spent four years trying to nail Goto Tadamasa for the murder of a civilian in 2006. Four years; 1 arrest.
2011-06-20 20:21:10
Jake Adelstein/中本哲史
@jakeadelstein
Injustice does persist in Japan. Some sacred taboos go untouched. JUDO and SUMO Deaths. Thanks @MikeBurkeJapan http://bit.ly/8YY8kA +TEPCO!
2011-06-20 20:24:43
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein Yeah but guys like that struggle against the individuals we're talking about.
2011-06-20 20:22:55
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein Know how you feel btw, felt the same when I wrote this http://t.co/SNMiTiS
2011-06-20 20:21:54
Mike Burke 🇮🇱
@Mike_Burke_UK
@jakeadelstein In my case I found public prosecution coverups amazingly easy to find
2011-06-20 20:24:08