Gov't panel adopts basic plan for supporting crime victims

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a meeting of a government panel at his office on Dec. 26. The panel adopted a basic plan encompassing 258 measures to help crime victims. The plan calls for a government feasibility study on the introduction of a system to allow victims to use facts proven at a criminal trial as evidence in a civil lawsuit to demand the perpetrators pay compensation.

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