Japan death penalty; Japan capital punishment; Hanging; solitary confinement; Death row; Japan Justice of Ministry
The release of a Japanese man from death row exposes flaws in the system
News last week that Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, had been released from a Japanese jail because of flawed evidence, has exposed a dark side in Japan’s capital punishment system. News last week that Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, had been released from a Japanese jail because of flawed evidence, has exposed a dark side in Japan’s capital punishment system.