After the press conference, the Court continued to ignore our father's condition without hesitation.
"Mr. Asahara is obviously ill. However, even the fact of illness will be wiped out unless we do something."
The defense attorneys' fear was quite normal. Both the Court and the Detention House deviate from their essential roles without any reservation.
While judges are not doctors, we are not doctors, either. It is more persuasive if psychiatrists meet and diagnose our father then write an opinion, etc., instead of amateurs like us making a fuss about "being ill".
The defense attorneys desperately searched for psychiatrists, and requested, "Please examine Mr. Asahara. If you feel he is malingering after you see him, we will accept it. Please write what you think as an opinion." Finding a doctor who writes an opinion was not easy, because it was "for Asahara". Yet, the defense attorneys did everything they could, and found psychiatrists who were willing to write opinions.
The defense attorneys requested to suspend the procedure of the second public trial on July 29, 2005.
Five letters were submitted at the time of this request, including opinions and supplementary letters written by two psychiatrists. It was pointed out in the written opinions: "state of serious prison reaction and confusion; no litigation capacity; possibility to be cured with medical treatment."
The Court made their move once again on August 19, as the defense attorneys' action might have annoyed them. It was unprecedentedly determined to have a conditional "expert opinion" to be obtained.
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