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allocution (by defendant in a guilty plea)

Japanese translation: 最終陳述の聴取

00:49 Aug 12, 2009

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English term or phrase: allocution (by defendant in a guilty plea)

Does anybody know whether there is an established translation for this?
「被告人意見陳述」？

Here is the definition according to Wiktionary.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/allocution
" The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim."

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Japanese translation:最終陳述の聴取

Explanation:
allocution
最終陳述の聴取
□コモン・ロー上, 有罪認定後刑を宣告する前に, 被告人に対し, それを妨げる法律上の障碍の有無を尋ねる手続. その伝統は, 今日では, 刑の決定手続のなかで, 被告人に対し, 刑を軽減すべき事由の有無を尋ねる手続という形で残っている.
英米法辞典（東京大学出版会）