Takanawa vs. Petrova - SOLVED

Takanawa vs. Petrova
Practice Role Playing Case


Background

(Note: Court cases in the AIN Court usually deal with union affairs. But for this practice role playing case, this will be a scenario from Petrova. Anyone may present a role playing scenario.)
Mrs. Yung Lee Takanawa is a Petrovar citizen living in the town of Monagas. She has found out that her husband, Mr. Shang Yi Takanawa, was having an affair with his secretary. Because Mrs. Takanawa is from the Simrepublic of Japan, her culture deems what her husband did to be a disgrace and dishonor to her family. So, Mrs. Takanawa decided that as their family has been dishonored, she attempted to poison herself and her three children. She ended up killing all three of her children, yet surviving herself.

Should she be punished for murder?


Roles

Note: First come, first serve! And remember, act your part, show lots of energy, this is strictly role playing, feel free to demand, scream, yell, argue, throw things(bailiff will restore order of course), and just have fun!

Judge (1 person) - Makes the final ruling

Bailiff (1 person) - Maintains Order

Plaintiff(Country of Petrova) & Prosecutors (3 peoples) - Prosecuting Takanawa for murdering

Defendant(Mrs. Yung Lee Takanawa) & Defense Attorney (3 peoples) - Defending Takanawa for murdering

Jury/Audience - Rest of AIN

Session

This trial will begin Monday, December 28.

I want to be a defense attorney

Is Tyler the judge for this? since he his for the court? or no? jw

nope. Only for the actual union court. But for role playing, anyone can be the judge. Unless tyler wants to be judge, he has to call it

I want to be Judge

May I be a prosecutor?

id think so Its first come first serve

Sign me up for bailiff

I would like to be a prosecutor.

OK, whenever the judge is ready to open the court

I hear by declare this Trial now open

Ok, I(defense attorney) will go first, then the opposing side will go after me.

I think that my client, Mrs. Takanawa is not guilty, because from her Japanese culture, she must do what is right to deem back the honor and the grace that her husband took away from her. There is a freedom of religion and culture in Petrova and Mrs. Takanawa has full rights to her home culture.

Go on Mr. Reyes. Explain in depth about her culture, and what makes her allow to do such a thing like this.

Well, this cultural belief dates back to medieval Japan, during the time of the the samurai and the shogun(dictator of Japan). This is the belief that if one does something to disgrace and dishonor themselves and their family, they must kill themselves in order to gain back the honor they have lost. This is the same as the kamikazis during war. If a pilot failed to do his/her mission, they have not only failed, but disgraced their nation and furthermore, they can't return to Japan as they will have no shame, therefore they have to kill themselves. This belief is called "Honor Killings". This is uncommon in Japan today, but it is very usual for the Middle East and radical Islamic followers.

Mrs. Takanawa's family has been given shame and dishonor as a result of her husband's affair. As he isnt killing himself, Mrs. Takanawa deemed that the only way for their family to regain that honor is to kill themselves and deem themselves with grace in the next life.


(PS: This cultural belief is true, and a very similar case like this happened in real life in California a couple of years ago )

All right thank you Mr. Reyes. Dan, i would like to here from you please. Unless you have more to say Mr. Reyes

Jury is all Members who dont have a specific role in the case

*bump*

Mr. Reyes. Could you please explain how Ms. Takanawa survived the poison? And if you have the evidence, what type of poison would used?

According to autopsy of her children, Mrs. Takanawa has put powder from Tylenol into the cookies. The tylenol concentration was enough to kill her childnen, and enough to only put Mrs. Takanawa into critical condition. Although she has recovered, she has several long term injuries & damages to her body.

What we have here is a clear case of murder. Mrs Takanawa had attempted a murder suicide, but had survived.

Culture does not come into it. Freedom of religion does not come into it. The fact that Mrs Takanawa is using religion as an excuse for murder makes her actions all the more abhorrent, and she is no better than the Muslim father who murders his daughter to preserve the "honour" of the family.

I will not even entertain the actions of Mr Takanawa, as they have no relevance to the case. If Mrs Takanawa was so unhappy in her marriage, why did she not apply for divorce? Why did she not seek full custody of the children?

No, instead she killed her children. She targeted the most innocent members of her family, those who had absolutely nothing to do with the issue between her and her husband.

Yes, Mrs Takanawa is free to practice her religion, but she is not free to infringe upon the rights of others in doing so. Her actions have deprived others of their right to life.

She had options, you honour, she had a way out. She took what she thought was the easiest road, and now her children lay dead.

She is not a martyr, she is not an honourable woman, she is a murderer.

Thank you Dan. Okay what both of you have not told me. What proves the Ms. Takanawa did this? As far as im concerned no one has shown she has done it. All 3 were poised yes? That leaves me to question was it Mr. Takanawa? just seems odd she would want to kill herself religion or not. Mr. Takanawa cheated yes. But did he kill them also?

Mr Takanawa is not the one on trial here. In the original background, it is clearly stated that it was Mrs Takanawa who made the decision to poison herself and her children.

In cases where the father has been responsible for this kind of action, the deaths are usually violent, including gunshot, strangulation and beatings.

Poisoning deaths are the hallmark of the black widow.

Let us explore the three criteria for murder:

1. Means: Mrs Takanawa had access to Tylenol and was able to mix it into the cookie dough.

2. Motive: Mrs Takanawa was so distraught at her husband's indiscretion that she sought revenge, taking from him what was most precious.

3. Opportunity: Mrs Takanawa was the primary carer of her children and was able to administer the poison at any time.

It is not too much of a stretch that Mrs Takanawa would be suicidal. It may be that she took the lives of her children for one of two reasons:

1. Revenge: As mentioned above, she sought to deprive Mr Takanawa of what was most precious to him.

2. Selfishness: With her religious convictions, she believed in the concept of an afterlife and did not want to "go alone."

As for the idea that Mr Takanawa is the one at fault, anyone has ever make cookies would know it's not a very lengthy process and the defence would have to prove at what point during this process did Mr Takanawa have the opportunity to add the crushed Tylenol tablets to the mixture and mix it in enough so that it would not be noticed. It is not uncommon to taste the mixture for sweetness before baking. Surely, Mrs Takanawa would have noticed at this point whether the dough had been tampered with.

YOUR HONOR I OBJECT! :!:

Mrs. Takanawa had no intentions of seeking revenge or being selfish. She knows the huge dishonor that has been brought to not only her, but her entire family as well. Should she and her children go back to the simrepublic of japan, they will be frowned upon by family members and as far as being adviced to kill themselves. Divorce is frowned upon in the simrepublic of japan's culture as it is seen as a another form of disgrace.

Your Honour, the issue of Mrs Takanawa's disgrace is not a defence. If anything it proves her motive.

The divorce rate in Japan is 27%. More than a quarter of marriages in Japan end in divorce.

Shame is no excuse for murder. The defence counsel is merely using this as a red herring designed to portray Mrs Takanawa as the victim in the eyes of the jury, when the real victims are the two small children she killed.

YOUR HONOR I OBJECT!!!

:wack: :blowup:

No further comments your honor. :!: