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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 20, 2021
Lawsuit seeks to halt execution of death row inmates in Japan without advance notice
Prisoners in Japan are currently informed of their impending executions one or two hours before they are carried out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2020
India court orders Jan. 22 hanging of four men guilty in deadly 2012 gang rape aboard moving bus
Four men sentenced to death for the gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in an attack that sent shock waves across the world will be hanged on Jan. 22, an Indian court ruled on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 6, 2019
After global backlash, Brunei says it won't enforce gay death penalty
Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah on Sunday extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation prohibiting gay sex, seeking to temper a global backlash led by celebrities such as George Clooney and Elton John.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2018
Executed Aum founder Shoko Asahara cremated in Tokyo: sources
A battle kicks off over who will take possession of his remains.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2018
Florida prosecutor seeking death penalty for youth in Parkland school massacre
Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, the former student accused of murdering 17 people in a shooting spree last month at a Parkland high school, according to a notice filed in court on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Father who forgave son for family's murder asks Texas to spare his life
A Texas man who survived a deadly domestic attack hatched by his son is pushing the state to grant clemency to the condemned man, although it has never spared a death-row inmate solely at the formal request of the victim's family.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2017
Number of inmates awaiting death penalty in Japan at end of 2017 expected to be 123
The number of death row inmates in Japan as of Dec. 31 is expected to stand at 123, having remained above 100 since 2007, Justice Ministry officials said Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 26, 2017
Iraq hangs 42 Sunni militants convicted as terrorists, draws quick rebuke from Amnesty
Iraq on Sunday executed 42 Sunni Muslim militants convicted on terrorism charges ranging from killing members of security forces to detonating car bombs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2017
Yemeni convicted of child rape and murder first to be publicly executed since 2009
A man convicted of raping and murdering a 3-year-old girl was executed in Sanaa on Monday in front of hundreds of onlookers, the first public execution there since 2009.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 19, 2017
North Korea conducts public executions for theft, watching South Korea media: report
North Korea carries out public executions on riverbanks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution, a report issued Wednesday said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2016
Japan's death-row population numbers 129 as 2016 ends
The number of death-row inmates in Japan in 2016 is expected to stand at 129 by Dec. 31, a rise of two people from last year, while continuing to surpass the threshold of 100 since 2007.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2016
North Korea executed 64 in public this year as Kim feels insecure, says Seoul spy agency
The North Korean regime under Kim Jong Un has carried out 64 public executions in the first nine months of this year, South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2016
Travesty of justice: legal reform unlikely despite erroneous convictions
Two elderly men fighting for decades to clear their names are poised to receive high-profile retrials in 2016 and yet their ordeals are unlikely to trigger wide-ranging reform to the country's justice system, experts say.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 8, 2015
New justice minister backs capital punishment, but says careful approach required
Newly appointed Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki on Wednesday supported the need for capital punishment but added that execution orders should be decided carefully.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2015
Public support for death penalty not overwhelming, researchers say
Japanese may not be as enthusiastic about death row inmates being sent to the gallows as previously believed.
WORLD / Society
Oct 1, 2014
Iranian prisoner executed for heresy, rights group says
A former psychologist has been executed for heresy in Iran after eight years in detention, human rights groups said, in the latest example of what activists say is a worrying rise in the use of death penalty by the Islamic Republic.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2014
Financial program for death-row inmates' artistic endeavors to continue
Organizers of a ¥10 million private fund introduced in 2005 to support death-row inmates have decided to maintain the fund beyond its original 10-year limit and will seek further contributions.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 2, 2014
Supreme Court upholds death penalty handed down by lay judges for first time
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence handed down by lay judges for the first time since the citizen judge system came into being five years ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2014
Man who killed three, including kids, hanged
A 68-year-old death row inmate is hanged for killing three people seven years ago, including children, despite growing unease about capital punishment.
EDITORIALS
May 5, 2014
Improving the lay judge system
As Japan's lay judge system turns 5 years old, the Justice Ministry's Legislative Council is considering excluding citizens from the duty of serving as lay judges when trials are expected to last more than a year.

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