裁さい判ばん員いん制せい度ど

noun

lay judge system; citizen judge system; quasi-jury system

Refers to the Japanese system introduced in 2009 where randomly selected citizens serve as lay judges alongside professional judges in serious criminal trials.

• 裁さい判ばん員いん制せい度どは2009年ねんに導どう入にゅうされた。

  The lay judge system was introduced in 2009.

• 裁さい判ばん員いん制せい度どの対たい象しょうとなる事じ件けんは重じゅう大だいな刑けい事じ事じ件けんに限かぎられる。

  Cases subject to the lay judge system are limited to serious criminal cases.