Kōchi Police motorbike accident

The Kōchi Police motorbike accident was a traffic accident that occurred between a school bus and a police motorbike in Kōchi, Japan, on March 3, 2006. The bus driver was arrested.

Defense lawyers and several media groups pointed out that fabricated evidence caused false convictions after verification experiments were conducted, and multiple witnesses testified. Kochi Prefectural Police Department denied these accusations at the prefectural assembly and at a press conference.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ The head of traffic sector of prefectural police, Yasumitsu Kuroiwa described at the regular press conference on November 30, 2007, "It was impossible to fabricate slip mark even if we tried to do so." (Asahi Shimbun December 1, 2007)
  2. ^ Yasumitsu Kuroiwa described, "Police motorbikes never have high speed training on public roads. We have such training at other places." (Kochi prefectural assembly, Committee of General Purpose, conference note on December 21, 2007)

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