TOKYO — After making his final plea of innocence, former Nissan director Greg Kelly now begins the long wait for a verdict in a trial widely seen as a proxy case for ousted boss Carlos Ghosn.
If the three-judge panel accepts Kelly's defense argument, the human resources executive could finally be heading home to Tennessee, more than three years after his surprise arrest upon landing in Japan for a business trip. If not, Kelly could be spending another two years here locked in prison.
Despite the Japanese justice system's vaunted 99 percent conviction rate, Kelly kept his chin up.