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Questions remain unanswered
By - 04-14-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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After reading the April 3 article "China: Four Japanese will be put to death," I had to wonder about Japan's government and its people's sense of values. The battles Japan chooses to fight internationally (tuna fishing moratoriums, whaling rights) speak volumes as to where Japan feels it should spend its political capital.
I wonder if the four Japanese nationals who were executed in China recently received fair trials. I wonder if there was coercion involved by authorities in obtaining confessions. I want to know the evidence against the accused, how it was obtained and whether or not they were given a chance to refute it. I want to know if these men were given adequate legal counsel. I want to know if they fully understood the proceedings. I wonder how many others involved in similar crimes received lesser sentences and if so what the mitigating circumstances were.
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By - 04-14-2010 04:11 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online
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After reading the April 3 article "China: Four Japanese will be put to death," I had to wonder about Japan's government and its people's sense of values. The battles Japan chooses to fight internationally (tuna fishing moratoriums, whaling rights) speak volumes as to where Japan feels it should spend its political capital.
I wonder if the four Japanese nationals who were executed in China recently received fair trials. I wonder if there was coercion involved by authorities in obtaining confessions. I want to know the evidence against the accused, how it was obtained and whether or not they were given a chance to refute it. I want to know if these men were given adequate legal counsel. I want to know if they fully understood the proceedings. I wonder how many others involved in similar crimes received lesser sentences and if so what the mitigating circumstances were.
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The Japan Times Online
