Verdict in Japan - Yakov Yosef ben Reizel Needs Your Tefillos

Monday, 2:30am (NY) Eastern Time, the virdict for Yakov Yosef ben Reizel, one of the the two boys still a Japan prison, is expected any minute. Please have him in mind in your prayers.

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Thursday 12th May At the Chiba district court, the closing arguments, being the final hearing for the third boy, Yoel Zev, began at 10am local time.

Yoel Zev was brought in at 9:55 accompanied by two guards and was seated on a bench in front of the defence teams table.

In order that Yoel Zev should understand the proceedings, an earpiece that is connected to the court appointed interpreter microphone, was placed on Yoel Zev.

The judges walked into the court room and bowed down, as is in Japanese custom.

The presiding judge first announced that the court rejects the recent evidence being the expert opinion by a graphologist - a handwriting expert, that determines that Miss Suzuki's recent evidence has been forged.

One change in the room was, having a new minor judge and a new prosecutor. The new minor judge who has never worked as judge before and is very young has now replaced the last minor judge of the three previous judges, led by presiding judge Furuta, a hardliner that has never acquitted someone before.

Yoel Zev quoted after the trial, that last year chol hamoed succos, he attended one of his pre-trials and was given the arba minim after the hearing and with the permission of the judge, he made a brocho loud and was shaking it in fron of the old panel of judges. He now says "Ich hob geshokeled in geshokeled and they have all disappeared." Click Here For More.