
福岡県警が逮捕・勾留容疑者の「被疑者ノート」を所持品検査で目視確認していたことが判明。弁護人から差し入れられるノートは秘密交通権の保障を受けるとされるが、県警は危険物や証拠隠滅の指示がないかを数秒間確認していた。運用を見直し、人権と保安上の必要性を考慮したとしている。
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逮捕・勾留された容疑者が取り調べ状況などを記録する「被疑者ノート」は、弁護人が差し入れるもので、容疑者と立会人なしで接見する「秘密交通権」の保障を受けるとされる。福岡県警は警察署の留置施設などで所持品検査を行い、ノートを開いて危険物や証拠隠滅につながる指示がないかを確認していた。
逮捕・勾留された容疑者が取り調べ状況などを記録する「被疑者ノート」について、福岡県警が毎日の所持品検査で目視で内容を確認していたことが10日、分かった。
【特集】元弁護士が被害体験を基に問う「人質司法」とは
日弁連によると、「被疑者ノート」は取り調べを受けている容疑者が内容を記録するために弁護人が差し入れる。記録内容については、容疑者と立会人なしで接見する「秘密交通権」の保障を受けるとされる。
県警によると、警察署の留置施設などでは当直担当者と交代する際に居室内を確認し、所持品も検査している。その際、数秒間ノートを開き、危険物が挟まっていないかや、証拠隠滅などにつながる指示がないかなどを確認していたという。
ノートを検査しない運用に改めており、人権と保安上の必要性を考慮したとしている。留置管理課は「一層の適正な処遇に努める」とコメントした。

The United Kingdom, France, Australia, Canada, South Korea, and other countries are broadcasting Supreme Court and Constitutional Court hearings live on the Internet. The purpose of the principle of public openness of trials stipulated in Article 82 of the Japanese Constitution is to check the judiciary by the sovereign, and if the Supreme Court's arguments are made available online, they can also serve as material for public scrutiny. We spoke to Tetsuro Hirano (57), a former judge and professor at Ritsumeikan University Law School.

On the 10th, the Fukuoka District Court dismissed the plaintiff's claim in a lawsuit filed against six expressway companies and the government by a man who had his application for an ETC personal card rejected because he was affiliated with an organized crime group. The plaintiffs argued that the expressway is a public property, and that not being able to use it just because they are affiliated with an organized crime group constitutes unreasonable discrimination.

On the 9th, a lawsuit filed by the former Johnny's Office (SMILE-UP.) against former vice president Shimon Ishimaru, seeking confirmation of the non-existence of any liability for damages, was settled at the Saitama District Court. Mr. Ishimaru praised Smile Up's provision of payment of settlement money as an extension of the idea of the Victim Relief Committee. The amount of compensation has not been disclosed.

The third trial of defendant Kentaro Kitagawa (67), a former chief public prosecutor at the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office, was held at the Osaka District Court on the 6th, and the female prosecutor tearfully testified about the sexual assault during which she was drunk, saying, ``My heart and body froze.'' The claims of both sides are in direct conflict.

Kenji Kusunoki (58), who lost his wife and eldest daughter when his seven-story building collapsed in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake on New Year's Day 2024, filed a lawsuit in Tokyo District Court seeking approximately 215 million yen in damages from the government and the corporation that owns the building. Based on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's expert committee report, the building alleges earthquake resistance defects and the government's inaction.

The Tokyo High Court upheld the 20-year prison sentence handed down by the Maebashi District Court of the first instance and dismissed the defense's appeal against a former driver in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture who was charged with causing death and injury by dangerous driving in 2024 for causing the deaths of three family members while driving under the influence.