A 32-year-old man trial at the Yokohama District Court became Nov 16 the first defendent sentenced to death under the lay judge system, convicted of brutally murdering two men last year.
The court said it had no choice but to hand down the death penalty, noting that although Hiroyuki Ikeda had confessed to the killings, his admission carried little weight.
But after reading out the sentence, prsiding Judge Yoshifumi Asayama urged Ikeda to file an appeal saying.,"This is a conclusion of consequence, so as a court, we recommend that you file an appeal." Ikeda was charged with conspring with another man to kill two mwn in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, in June 2009 before dismembering and dumping their corpes.


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裁判員裁判で初の死刑判決
男性ら２人を殺害し、強盗殺人などの罪に問われた男の裁判員裁判の公判が11月16日、横浜地裁で開かれ、男に死刑が言い渡された。裁判員裁判での死刑判決は初めて。

裁判員裁判で死刑判決が出されたことで、今後の重大犯罪に対する裁判員裁判での判決に影響が出ると思います。