Papal Visit to Japan Revives Debate About Death Penalty
By Katsuhiro Asagiri
TOKYO (IDN) – An international conference “No Justice Without Life” has called on Japan to halt all executions next year, the year of the Olympic Games. Japan is one of the 56 nations which retains capital punishment, also known as the death penalty or death sentence for capital crimes. In fact, Japan, the United States and South Korea are the only nations in the group of developed economies that mete out death penalty. (P23) GERMAN | ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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