Kokusaku Sosa Boso Suru Tokuso Kensatsu to Ejiki Ni Sareta Hito Tachi

[Machine Translation] Even though recent investigations may appear to have uncovered "great evil" at first glance, there are many cases in which dirty intentions and calculations within the prosecutors' office lie behind the scenes, and the investigations and interrogation methods are riddled with problems. The title of this book, "National Policy Investigation," refers to a distorted form of investigation that resulted from the special investigation prosecutors' efforts to push forward against the backdrop of politics and public opinion. This book is a cross-section of Japanese criminal justice from the perspective of "the side targeted by the investigation.

最近の捜査は、一見して「巨悪」を摘発しているように見えたとしても、背後には検察内部の薄汚れた思惑や打算が潜み、捜査や取り調べ手法に数々の問題を孕んだケースも散見される。タイトルともなった「国策捜査」は、特捜検察が政治や世論に背を押されるかのように突き進んだ結果から生まれた歪んだ捜査の一形態である。本書は、徹底して「捜査に狙われた側」から見た日本の刑事司法の一断面である。