Aibou TV Season 4 Episode 9 - Miscarriage of Justice(冤罪)

Subtitle: Miscarriage of Justice(冤罪)

 Yukari Shinomiya(篠宮 ゆかり)  uses a huge glass ashtray to kill Yukio Aoki(青木 由紀男). Two hours later, Yukari walks up to a police station carrying the bloodied ashtray and confesses to the murder. Next morning, Etsuko Murozono(室園 悦子), a lawyer, shows up to take up Yukari's defense. It turns out that Etsuko, a police lieutenant at the station, and Yukari were all involved in another murder case from twenty years ago. Why did Yukari murder the Yukio, and how is this case related to the murder from twenty years ago?

Characters appearing/mentioned in the story

Yukari Shinomiya(篠宮 ゆかり) - She killed Yukio, her former husband, using a large ashtray from his room with a single blow to the head. She then wandered aimlessly for approximately two hours before turning herself in at Midorikawa Station(緑川署). She claims that she killed him after they got into an argument over money she lent to Yukio two years ago.

Both she and her former husband live in Asagaya(阿佐ヶ谷).

Etsuko Murozono(室園 悦子) - She is a lawyer who used to work at the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office(東京地検 Tōkyō chiken) and was the prosecutor when Akira Shinomiya(篠宮 彬) went to trial for murder. Now, she is a lawyer working from her own office, Etsuko Murozono Law Firm(室園悦子 法律事務所 Murozono Etsuko Hōritsu Jimusho).

She takes Yukari's case the morning after Yukari turned herself in, even before Yukari was indicted. Yukari had visited Etsuko's law office a few days earlier wanting to know if there was a way for her to get back the money she had lent to Yukio.

Anjō Yūji(安城 雄二) - Police lieutenant at Midorikawa Station(緑川署). He interrogated Yukari Shinomiya(篠宮 ゆかり) after she turned herself in, and now is in charge of this case. Twenty years ago, he also interrogated Yukari's brother Akira Shinomiya(篠宮 彬) for the murder of  Yūsuke Kaneko(金子 祐介).

Makoto Sonezaki(曽根崎 真) - Prosecutor in charge of the case against Yukari Shinomiya(篠宮 ゆかり).

Yukio Aoki(青木 由紀男) - Yukari's former husband. He borrowed money from her two years ago, but for the last half year, he had trouble making payments on the loan. Even after the separation, they both lived in Asagaya(阿佐ヶ谷), and he continued to live in the same apartment for the past ten years and three months. The two got into an argument over money at his apartment, and Yukari killed him with a large ash tray. According to Yukari, he was a heavy smoker, and she used the ashtray Yukio kept in his apartment.

Inspector Ukyō later discovers a wallet with Yukio, Yūsuke Kaneko(金子 祐介), and Etsuko Murozono(室園 悦子)'s fingerprints hidden under a tatami in Yukio's apartment.

Akira Shinomiya(篠宮 彬) - Yukari's elder brother who was convicted of killing of Yūsuke Kaneko(金子 祐介) twenty years ago. He was eating at the same tavern where Yūsuke Kaneko(金子 祐介) was celebrating and showing off his winnings from a horse racing bet. He left the tavern shortly after Yūsuke left. According to the police, Akira tried to steal Kaneko's wallet when he saw Kaneko passed out on the sidewalk. Kaneko woke up and they got into a fight. Akira states that he beat Kaneko on the head with a concrete block, killing Kaneko.

There were numerous circumstantial evidence against him. Akira was a regular the same race track where Kaneko won his bet. The morning after Kaneko's murder, Akira paid back the two hundred thousand yen(２０万円) he had borrowed from his sister Yukari. He initially claimed that he found the money lying on the street and picked it up the night before. Akira had been arrested before for causing injury. Eventually, the police got a confession from him.

Yūsuke Kaneko(金子 祐介) - Murder victim twenty years ago in the Kyotei Street Robbery and Murder Case(競艇通り強盗殺人事件 Kyōtei-dōri gōtō satsujin jiken). On the fateful day, he won big on a horse race, and he dropped by a tavern to celebrate on the way back home. He showed off two hundred thousand yen(２０万円) in cash while paying the bills at the restaurant. After leaving the restaurant, Kaneko was so drunk that he fell asleep in the middle of the sidewalk, where he was later killed.

Kōken Onoda(小野田 公顕) - Inspector Ukyō pleads with Superintendent Supervisor Onoda to give them a chance to talk to Anjō Yūji(安城 雄二), stating that the inspector believes that Etsuko Murozono(室園 悦子) and Anjō Yūji(安城 雄二) may have been involved with Yukio's murder. The Superintendent Supervisor ignores the inspector's pleas and chooses not to interfere, assuming that the Tokumeigakari pair is the source of the commotion in this case and silencing them with put an end to the mess.