Japanese Man Received 1-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing 12 Cents

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On 13 May, 2012, 66 year-old Osaka resident Masafumi Tsuruhara was visiting Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture.  While there, he thought he might help himself to a ten-yen coin (US$0.12), which was left at a statue as a religious offering.

For this, Tsuruhara was apprehended for stealing and brought before the Wakayama court, which sentenced him to one year and eight months in prison.

He later appealed to the Osaka High Court, which agreed that the sentence was too heavy for ten yen. The judge reversed the original sentence and imposed a new one of one year in prison.

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И после этого кто то говорит о клерикаризме в России. :) Смешно - раздутый скандал и два года. А тут человек спёр десять йен в храме с пожертвований и получил год и восемь месяцев. Между прочим 66 летний старик. гыыы если правда то нам до Японии далеко , во всех смыслах.