Quote Originally Posted by DuncanONeil View Post
Just a piece of information. In Japan, at least within my somewhat dated memory, you kill someone with a car and it is entirely possible to spend the rest of your life in prison. The younger the victim the greater the certitude.
When I lived in Japan, the rule of thumb with vehicular mannsluaghter crimes or other forms of acedental injury or death was that you had to be able to pay a certian monetary amount to the bereved or face jail time.

As for recent changes in the impecable legal system they have had in place for years:

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?s...&article=63030