Victim Jiangge
Chen Shifeng
Recently, the murder case of Japanese female student Jiangge has attracted much attention. Jiang Ge, a 24-year-old China student, was killed outside the lessor in Tokyo on1Oct.3 last year. The suspect is her roommate's ex-boyfriend Chen Shifeng. The case will be heard in Tokyo, Japan on February 65438 1 1.
At 9: 00 p.m. on June 6th, 65438 reporter contacted the lawyer of Shangjiangge's mother and the lawyer of Japan's Dajiang Yangping Law Firm, and had an exclusive interview with her on the hot topics of public concern. According to reports, the killing knife is a fruit knife, with a total length of19.5cm, and Chen Shifeng's fingerprint remains on the handle, but Jiangge's fingerprint has not been found.
The scene where Jiangge was killed. Jiang Mu's micro signal
Some media reported that the suspect Chen Shifeng confessed that the murder weapon was Jiangge's. Is it true?/You don't say.
Yes, according to Chen Shifeng's confession, he didn't plan ahead and didn't prepare the knife in advance, but Jiangge took it with him.
Did you find the murder weapon at the crime scene? What kind of knife is this? Can you describe it?
No complete knife was found at the crime scene, only half of it, that is, the residual wooden handle, and the killing blade has not been found yet. By comparing the handle, the police confirmed that the handle came from a fruit knife, with a full length of 19.5 cm and a knife cover.
So is there any evidence to prove who the murder weapon knife really belongs to?
The police found the fingerprints of the murderer Chen Shifeng on the remaining hilt, but Jiangge's has not been found yet, so it is not clear who this knife belongs to.
You mentioned that there was no Jiangge fingerprint on the hilt. If this knife belongs to Jiangge, she must have touched it when she bought it. It should have fingerprints. Can it be understood that the murder weapon was carried by Chen Shifeng?
According to years of lawyer's experience, not every touch will leave fingerprints, and many times there will be no traces, so we can't completely judge that the knife belongs to Chen Shifeng. But we are still trying to convince the jury that Chen Shifeng carried the knife.
Who owns this killing knife, will it have a greater impact on Chen Shifeng's sentencing?
Yes Whose knife is this is very important in this case, which can at least show whether it was planned by Chen Shifeng. In sentencing, there is also a great difference between planned killing and improvisation killing. Assuming that the Dao belongs to Jiangge, Chen Shifeng may be sentenced to 15 years, but if the Dao belongs to Chen Shifeng, it may be 20 years.
Jiangge's mother hoped that Chen Shifeng would be sentenced to death. Judging from the information currently available, do you think this appeal can be realized?
It is more difficult. As her defense lawyers, of course, we will try our best to prepare for her appeal, but under the current Japanese legal conditions, it is still difficult to sentence Chen Shifeng to death. Generally speaking, if the number of victims reaches two or three or more, they may be sentenced to death.
After Jiang Ge's mother arrived in Japan, she collected signatures on the street and called for the execution of the murderer. Do you think this behavior will have an impact on the judgment?
As far as direct impact is concerned, it is almost impossible; But indirectly, the public opinion and effect it caused may affect the sentencing of the murderer to a certain extent.
Japanese law may allow the murderer to escape the death penalty.