At 12:44 PM 8/15/97 -0500, David Lerman wrote:

 I read the above and the thought popped into my mind about Suds-kun doing
"The Trial" (how's it coming, Shaun?) in a manner like "Rashamon", where
the judges have to deal with each witness' distinctive version of truth.
That thought reminded me that Star Wars was influenced by the Kurosawa
film, "The Hidden Fortress".  That thought leads me to pose the following
questions to the FFML.

<ker-snip>

How's it coming? Slow, very slow. With RL taking most of my free time, I
haven't had a chance to deal with my writer's block ^_^
Yes, I'm working on it and hope to have something readable for a September
release.

To keep this from utter spam, here are a couple links that I used in
research for my fanfic:

I found that the Japanese police act similiarly to the U.S. police force. 
ie: you could spend a couple months in jail for jaywalking while the police
gather enough evidence to convict you for murder.
Aum Cult gas attacks and the police:
http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~timoth3y/Aum.html

Outline of Crime Trends, Criminal Procedure and Juvenile Justice System in
Japan (thanks to Richard Lawson):
http://www.tokyoweb.or.jp/JCPS/con1.htm


suds-kun (Shaun Schillinger)
suds1964@tir.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/8222/
"THIS time, we didn't forget the graaavy!" Cat & Mouse to Dog