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World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least he now has his whole life ahead of him. All five minutes that's left of it.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Essentially the prison saying they don't want to deal with the body at this point.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 month ago

Did what they couldn't do for Marcellus Williams.

[–] chillBurner@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago

MFW when Japan decides to give a middle-finger to the U.S ~~execution~~ justice system

Yeah, Ik, Ik ("what about the corrupt justice system? The more prevalent use of solitary confinement? The roughly similar rates of death penality in both countries") but frankly, just consider it a rare W for Japan's criminal system, in comparison to the Marcellus Williams case...