Ghosn's New Lawyer Says Prisoner Is Victim of Nissan Conspiracy
- Human rights group says case exposes flaws in justice system
- Trial later this year could result in 10-year prison sentence
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Carlos Ghosn’s new lawyers aren’t wasting any time taking the jailed executive’s case to the court of public opinion, armed with fresh legal and public-relations strategies.
On Wednesday, within days of agreeing to defend the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman, lawyer Junichiro Hironaka said Ghosn’s Nov. 19 arrest was the result of a conspiracy inside the automaker. The comments at an unusual press conference in Tokyo by Hironaka, nicknamed “The Razor,” came hours after a human rights group urged Japan to address the “serious flaws” in its criminal justice system exposed by Ghosn’s continued detention.