- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Nov 17, 2010 06:51 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Crime, Drugs, Guro, Law, Mahjong, Shinjuku, Yakuza, Yokohama

A man who used a saw to cut off a man’s head even as he begged to be killed first, his only response being to tell him to “stay still or I can’t cut your neck properly,” has been sentenced to hang in Japan’s first ever jury trial of a capital crime.
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A 17-year-old who attempted to rape and murder his classmate, smashing her face to a pulp with a 30kg concrete post after she resisted him, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 28, 2010 00:49 JST
- Tags: Australia, Copyright, Courts, Crime, Hacking, Litigation, PS3, Sony, Technology

Sony has sued the hackers behind a device which is said to allow piracy on the PS3 – sales of the device have been banned whilst the court action proceeds.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 25, 2010 02:05 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Courts, Hawaii, Hikikomori, Internet, Korea, Law, Litigation, MMORPG, Otaku, USA

The makers of popular MMORPG Lineage II are facing a lawsuit accusing them of acting negligently by failing to warn a man that he could become addicted to the game, which he blames for making him “unable to function independently” and costing him 20,000 hours of his life.
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A doctor who drugged his pregnant nurse girlfriend in order to secretly cause her to miscarry has escaped a prison sentence.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 8, 2010 00:28 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Courts, Feminism, Internet, Litigation, Loli, Mass Media, Nagoya, UNICEF

UNICEF Japan, the children’s charity noted for considering the rights of imaginary children as more important than those of real ones, and for funding the lavish lifestyle of Agnes Chan, has come under sustained attack for its heavy handed attempt to muzzle a critic, using donations supposedly intended to feed starving children to fund a campaign of legal action against him.
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A Canadian man has been convicted of possessing child pornography on the basis of some 2,000 sexually provocative drawings. Courts heard that “to call them cartoons is to trivialize them.”
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A transsexual convicted of possessing child pornography has been spared jail because the judge thought being sent to a male prison “would be an appalling experience.”
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Jul 4, 2010 10:07 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Chikan, Courts, Crime, Law, Misandry, Police, Saitama, Schoolgirls, Trains

A man accused of groping a schoolgirl on a train was exonerated in court by forensic tests of the alleged victim’s pantsu which could find no trace of his DNA, but in spite of a not guilty verdict police still refuse to acknowledge this “unexpected” outcome, and are considering an appeal.
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A court has ruled that a prostitute will be able to take legal action against her pimp for sacking her for refusing to perform oral sex on a client, despite prostitution itself being illegal.
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A couple who decided to engage in kinky BDSM sex now face prosecution after police decided to file charges of aggravated assault against the man, despite both parties consenting.
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Two boys aged 10 and 11 have been convicted of attempted rape based solely on the accusations of an 8-year-old girl, despite the girl withdrawing her claims in court, and there being no physical evidence of any assault. Both children are to become registered sex offenders.
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