Editorials Jun 12, 2018
The Supreme Court should waste no time in examining the appeal of 82-year-old Iwao Hakamada, who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he likely didn't commit.
National / Crime & Legal Nov 19, 2014
Man convicted of rape walks free after prosecutors find he was likely framed
The move to release the unidentified convict after 3½ years in prison came after prosecutors found that bogus testimony was given at his trial.
National Jun 11, 2013
Group targets miscarriages of justice
by Tomohiro Osaki
Seven months after Nepalese Govinda Prasad Mainali was last year acquitted of a 1997 robbery-murder of a Tokyo woman, his supporters launched a new civic organization to call for eradication of wrongful convictions, which they claim are still rampant in the legal system. The new ...