Japanese Man Acquitted after 46 Years on Death Row for Quadruple Murder

This is a world record for a person to be held on death row , 45 years under threat of execution

And only because of the advancement of DNA was he found to be innocent of murdering a family of four , and apparently set up by the police to prosecute him

I did not realise that It wasn't only the USA that still has the death penalty, Japan is the only other country to still retain it also

With the low crime rates in Japan it makes you wonder if this is helping to keep the country safe , not so in the USA though ?

At least he was not executed before being found innocent, although now aged 88 he does not have much of his life left to enjoy

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