Thursday, November 20, 2008

Japan puts a former judge in a parakeet costume to publicize the jury system

If I understand this right, Japan recently adopted a civil jury system and some prosecutors decided a great way to tell the public about it would be to create a cute mascot. This is "Saiban Inko," which is a play on the words for juror and parakeet:




Even better, the angry looking guy is a former judge. Here's video:


Saiban
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