Saudi Arabia’s execution of 100 foreigners in 2024 branded an ‘unprecedented crisis’
The high number of executions undercuts statements by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who told The Atlantic in 2022 that the kingdom had eliminated the death penalty ...
Australian woman accused of drug smuggling in Japan says she is innocent as trial begins
CHIBA, Japan (AP) — An Australian woman accused of smuggling amphetamines in a suitcase appeared in a Japanese court on ...
Judge says death row inmate Melissa Lucio is "actually innocent," recommends 2008 conviction be overturned
Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.
Japan rules out scrapping death penalty despite panel's call for review
The panel, established in February at the initiative of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, also said abolishing the ...
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Japan rules out abolishing death penalty despite calls for review
ANKARA – Japan on Thursday ruled out ending the death penalty, spurning local and international pressures, including calls by ...
Japan’s nuclear watchdog disqualifies a reactor for the first time since Fukushima disaster
Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region for a restart, ...
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'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal
HAMAMATSU, Japan (AP) — After helping lead the fight to free her younger brother from nearly a half-century on death row, Hideko Hakamada feels she and her brother are beginning a new chapter of ...
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Inquiry Needed into Japan’s Flawed Criminal Justice System
Next week , Japan’s national legislature, the Diet, is scheduled to convene its first session after the general elections on ...
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Former Death Row Inmate Hakamata Casts Early Vote in Japan’s Lower House Election
Hakamata’s voting rights were restored 44 years after his death sentence was finalized in 1980 ... Win Lower House Majority Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Wife Seeks Support in Japan; Sophie Luo Calls for ...
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Breakfast with Ohtani: In Japan, watching this World Series may be the national pastime
Shohei Ohtani has been a superstar in Japan for more than a decade, but one day earlier this year, a Tokyo resident named Tatsuo Shinke noticed something different. Shinke, the CEO of Mint ...
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Japan court orders retrial of man over 1986 schoolgirl murder
Reiko Fuchigami, president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations ... acquittal in a retrial of an 88-year-old man who spent nearly half a century on death row over a quadruple murder in Shizuoka ...
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Japan police apologize to world’s longest-serving death row inmate
A local police chief in Japan has apologized to a man who was acquitted after spending nearly 50 years on death row in a 1966 quadruple murder case. Takayoshi Tsuda, chief of the Shizuoka Prefectural ...