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KOKI MIYATA

EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2019
Another wrongful conviction is reversed
It is not enough to overturn a wrongful conviction of innocent persons. The process that result in falsely convicting them of crimes they did not commit must be scrutinized.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2019
After 34 years and a 13-year jail term, 85-year-old finally exonerated in Kumamoto murder retrial
In a retrial held decades after his conviction, a court on Thursday acquitted an 85-year-old man of a 1985 murder in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2017
Prosecutors appeal high court decision to retry man over 1985 murder in Kumamoto Prefecture
Prosecutors on Monday appealed a high court ruling that an 84-year-old man who served a prison term for a 1985 murder committed in Kumamoto Prefecture be retried.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2017
High court upholds retrial of man convicted of 1985 Kumamoto murder
A high court on Wednesday upheld a lower court decision to retry an 84-year-old man who served prison time for fatally stabbing an acquaintance in Kumamoto Prefecture in 1985.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2016
Why all evidence must be disclosed
Prosecutors should be required to present all evidence during criminal trials, including that which might not benefit their case.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2016
Court to retry man convicted of 1985 Kumamoto murder
The court said 'doubts have been raised' over the credibility of 83-year-old Koki Miyata's initial confessions over the fatal stabbing.

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