After a long court trial of 143 days, the court today announced on November 27 that the KyoAni arson case trial has entered the final stage. In this final stage of the trial, the criminal Aoba Shinji will be sentenced on December 7, and the prosecutor will most likely seek the death penalty.
·The suspect in the KyoAni incident, Shinji Aoba, deliberately set fire at the Kyoto Animation headquarters in July 2019, resulting in the death of 36 people and 32 minor or serious injuries, including himself. After more than 4 years of treatment, Shinji Aoba officially entered the trial stage in September this year.
·The current trial progress of the case is almost completed. The biggest focus of the fierce confrontation between the prosecution and the defense is whether Shinji Aoba's mental state at the time of the crime affected his criminal motive. This is also the key factor that ultimately determines Aoba's fate.
·The defense has always emphasized and drawn the court's attention to the need to "make the final judgment with caution" because the prosecutor is very likely to seek the death penalty, and the defense has always believed that Shinji Aoba's abnormal mental state at the time of the crime led to his criminal behavior.