尾形 誠規（OGATA Seiki）- 編集者、ノンフィクション作家

尾形 誠規（おがた せいき、1959年–）は、日本の編集者・ノンフィクション作家。兵庫県生まれ。法政大学卒業後、複数の雑誌編集部を経て、1998年に仲間と鉄人社を設立。月刊誌『裏モノJAPAN』を立ち上げ、10年間編集長を務めた。袴田事件で死刑判決文を書いた元裁判官・熊本典道を取材した『完全版　袴田事件を裁いた男　無罪を確信しながら死刑判決文を書いた元エリート裁判官・熊本典道の転落』では、袴田巌の無罪を主張しながら、合議で他の裁判官に押し切られた熊本の半生を追う。判決への罪の意識、退官後の生活、長い沈黙を破って裁判の誤りを公に語るまでを描き、その告白を単純な美談として受け止めることにも疑問を向けた。2023年刊行の完全版には、2014年の再審開始決定と袴田の釈放以降をめぐる取材を加えている。冤罪事件を裁かれる側だけでなく、判断を下した側の人生から捉え、司法に携わる個人の良心と責任を問い直した。

Seiki Ogata (born 1959) is a Japanese editor and nonfiction writer from Hyogo Prefecture. After graduating from Hosei University and working for several magazine editorial departments, he co-founded Tetsujinsha in 1998. He launched the monthly magazine Uramono Japan and served as its editor-in-chief for ten years. Examining the Hakamada case through the life of a judge involved in the original conviction, “Kanzenban: Hakamada Jiken o Sabaita Otoko” follows Norimichi Kumamoto, who drafted Iwao Hakamada’s death sentence despite believing him innocent. The book’s subtitle describes the subsequent decline of the former judge. Ogata traces Kumamoto’s opposition during the judges’ deliberations, his departure from the judiciary, his troubled personal life and his eventual public declaration that the trial had been wrong. Rather than presenting that disclosure simply as an act of courage, he investigates the contradictions surrounding Kumamoto and the burden of responsibility he carried. The expanded 2023 edition adds reporting on events following the 2014 retrial decision and Hakamada’s release. By approaching a wrongful-conviction case through someone who helped deliver the verdict, Ogata examines the relationship between individual conscience, collective decision-making and judicial responsibility.