False Accusation in Japan

False Accusation in Japan

248 Days of Detention and Evidence Concealment – The Pressance Case

The Japanese criminal justice system is fundamentally results-oriented. This means that once a case enters the criminal ...
False Accusation in Japan

The Pressance Case – Yoshiyuki Nishii (Shedding Light in Dark Corners)

Airi Nishii is a former judge turned lawyer, who plays a crucial role in bringing the realities of wrongful convictions ...
False Accusation in Japan

The Pressance Case: An Overview

The Pressance case centered around a lawsuit filed against Shinobu Yamagishi, the former representative director of Pres...
False Accusation in Japan

The Hakamada Case: A Deep Dive into the Evidence

Summary of the Hakamada Case and Evidence In 1966, Iwao Hakamada, then 88 years old, was sentenced to death for the murd...
False Accusation in Japan

Retrial of the Hakamada Case After 58 Years: Testimonies of Judges Who Believed in Innocence

Background of the Hakamada Case and the Possibility of Retrial The Hakamada case involves a robbery and murder in Shizuo...
False Accusation in Japan

The Hakamada Case – A Timeline of Events

Timeline of the Hakamada Case: From Arrest to Death Sentence The Hakamada case has been a deeply troubling issue for man...
False Accusation in Japan

Summary of the Hakamada Case: Fabricated Evidence and the Possibility of a Wrongful Conviction

Overview of the Case and Police Investigation In 1966, a horrific incident occurred in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture...
False Accusation in Japan

Wrongful Convictions in Japan

Wrongful Convictions in Japan I would like to regularly introduce to the international community the issues surrounding ...