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A Japanese court has sentenced a 36-year-old man to life in prison over the 2024 murder of a volunteer probation officer in Shiga Prefecture that sparked discussions over the safety of such public servants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/02/japan/crime-legal/probation-officer-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourt #shiga
Man sentenced to life in prison over murder of volunteer probation officer

The case had sparked discussion on how to ensure the safety of such officers, who use their homes to conduct interviews with probationers under their support.

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The Japan TimesOct 29
The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court has ruled that the July election for the House of Councilors was held in a state of unconstitutionality in terms of vote-value disparities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/japan/crime-legal/upper-house-poll-unconstitutional-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #upperhouse #japanesecourt #votedisparity
Court finds July poll was held in an unconstitutional state

A group of lawyers sought the invalidation of the Upper House election.

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Japanese courts granted compensation to Iwao Hakamata, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, for being wrongly convicted in 1966.

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The Japan TimesJan 28, 2025
A death penalty handed down on Shinji Aoba, the suspect in the 2019 deadly arson attack on a Kyoto Animation studio, has been finalized after the defendant dropped his appeal, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/japan/crime-legal/kyoani-death-penalty-finalized/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kyoani #shinjiaoba #japanesecourt
KyoAni arson suspect's death penalty finalized after appeal dropped

An attack by Aoba in July 2019 at a studio run by the animation powerhouse caused the deaths of 36 people and injured 32 others.

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A former employee of pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo who is accused of poisoning his wife to death with methanol in 2022 denied the charge on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/02/japan/crime-legal/court-methanol-poisoning/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourt #tokyo #otaward #daiichisankyo
Ex-employee of Daiichi Sankyo denies poisoning his wife with methanol

Keisuke Yoshida, formerly a senior researcher at the pharmaceutical firm, said he had never thought of killing his wife.

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The Japan TimesApr 15, 2024
The Osaka District Court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by death row inmates that claimed same-day notifications of executions violate the Constitution — the first ruling of its kind. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/15/japan/crime-legal/ruling-death-row-execution/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourt #constitution #deathpenalty
Death-row inmates' lawsuit targeting same-day notifications of executions dismissed

The judge said the plaintiffs' social standing — being death row inmates — doesn't allow them to avoid execution when they are notified.

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