Alo Japan<p><a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1245574/death-penalty-under-renewed-scrutiny-in-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alojapan.com/1245574/death-pen</span><span class="invisible">alty-under-renewed-scrutiny-in-japan/</span></a> Death penalty under renewed scrutiny in Japan <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DEATHPENALTY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEATHPENALTY</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamata, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation last month following his acquittal last year in a retrial. Stakes for wrongful convictions are high in Japan, where the death penalty has broad public support despite international criticism over how…</p>