TOKYO: Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a high court decision to grant a retrial for a deceased man who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 robbery-murder case in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.
Hiromu Sakahara died of illness in 2011 at the age of 75 while serving his sentence.
This is believed to be the first time a retrial has been granted for a deceased former defendant in Japan in a post-war case where a sentence of life imprisonment or severer was finalised. - Jiji Press via The Japan News/ANN
