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CONFESSION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Man gets life for Tochigi girl's murder despite lack of physical evidence
In a controversial decision, the Utsunomiya District Court sentences a man to life for killing a Tochigi girl after judging the case solely on confessions rather than physical evidence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2016
Tochigi court accepts murder confession as evidence despite coercion claims
The Utsunomiya District Court on Friday accepted as evidence interrogation records showing a man admitting to the murder of a 7-year-old girl in Tochigi Prefecture in 2005, despite the fact he made a not-guilty plea and said the confession was coerced.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 31, 2015
North Korea-held Canadian pastor appears before Pyongyang TV to 'confess'
The head pastor of one of Canada's largest congregations, who has been detained by North Korea since February, appeared before media in Pyongyang and admitted to allegations against him, a spokeswoman for his Toronto-area church said on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2014
Xi using drug campaign as new political tool
The highly publicized arrests and confessions in President Xi JInping anti-drug use campaign play an important propaganda role, contrasting Xi's administration against the supposedly more permissive governments that preceded it.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2014
Japanese high court rejects appeal for retrial over 1979 murder case
A branch of the Fukuoka High Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal for retrial filed by a woman who served a 10-year prison term for the 1979 murder of her brother-in-law.

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