High court quashes notable road rage ruling due to technicality

A Japanese high court quashed Friday a ruling that handed an 18-year jail term to a man responsible for a fatal road rage incident in 2017, sending the case back to a lower court due to an illegal procedural issue.The Tokyo High Court said it agreed with the Yokohama District Court's conclusion that Kazuho Ishibashi, 27, caused an accident resulting in the death of a couple and injuries to their daughters on a highway. But the high court said the case should be reheard by a lay judge because the technical issue could have affected the lower court's ruling.The decision disappointed the berea…READ FULL ARTICLE