元裁判官の告白 ： 2007年3月12日
Ex-judge's confession
A former Shizuoka District Court judge confessed that
he believed a man who was sentenced to death for a 1966
murder was "not guilty" although he had to agree to the
decision made by the two other judges involved in the
case.
＜重要語句と解説＞
○ ex-（接頭辞）：（後に名詞を伴って）かつての〜
→ ex) ex-boyfriend 元カレ
○ district court：地方裁判所
→ 文中では固有名詞なので大文字で表記しています。
高等裁判所：high court
最高裁判所：supreme court
○ be sentenced to death：死刑判決を下す
＝ receive a death sentence
○ murder（名詞）：殺人
→ 動詞として使うこともできます。
ex) She murdered her husband.
彼女は自分の夫を殺した。
最近ありましたね、こういう事件。
「殺人犯＝murderer」です。
○ not guilty：有罪ではない → 無罪である
→ 裁判所の判決では、無罪のとき「innocent」
ではなくこの表現を使います。
○ 全体の文章構造
A former Shizuoka District Court judge
↑主部
confessed
↑動詞
↓以下、guilty"までが「confessed」の目的語です。
that he believed
a man who was sentenced to death
for a 1966 murder
↑主部
was
↑動詞
"not guilty"
↑補語
後半は、（ ）を補って解釈します。
although he had to agree to the decision (which was)
made by the two other judges (who were) involved
in the case.
＜区切り読みしてみよう＞ ← 英文を文頭から理解
Ex-judge's
confession
-----------------------------------------------------
A former Shizuoka District Court judge
confessed
that he believed
a man who was sentenced to death
for a 1966 murder
was "not guilty"
although he had to agree
to the decision
made by the two other judges
involved in the case.
＜頭ごなし訳で理解しよう＞ ← 和文から英文を再生
元裁判官の
Ex-judge's
告白
confession
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元静岡地裁の裁判官が
A former Shizuoka
District Court judge
打ち明けた、
confessed
自分は信じていた、と、
that he believed
死刑判決を受けた男性が、
a man who was sentenced
to death
1966年の殺人事件に対して、
for a 1966 murder
「無実」だということを、
was "not guilty"
が、この裁判官は同意
せねばならなかった、
although he had to agree
決定に、
to the decision
その他ふたりの裁判官による、
made by the two
other judges
この事件を担当
していた。
involved in the case.
＜仕上げ読み＞ ← 確認用にどうぞ！
Ex-judge's confession
A former Shizuoka District Court judge confessed that
he believed a man who was sentenced to death for a 1966
murder was "not guilty" although he had to agree to the
decision made by the two other judges involved in the
case.
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