Taniguchi Shigeyoshi

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Charge:	Murder and Robbery
Sentence:	Death
Years Imprisoned:	34
Year Crime:	1950
Year Convicted:	1952
Year Cleared:	1984
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Japan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted of murder and robbery in 1950 and sentenced to death. After 34 years on death row, Taniguchi Shigeyoshi was exonerated and released in 1984."
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Information Source 1:	"Japanese lawyers criticize execution of three people, By Stuart Biggs, Bloomberg.net, August 23, 2007"
Information Location 1:	http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=amX3OB25Gcmc&refer=japan
Information Source 2:	"List of exonerated death row inmates, Wikipedia.com, August 27, 2007"
Information Location 2:	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates#Japan
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Taniguchi Shigeyoshi

Charge:

Murder and Robbery

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

34

Year Crime:

1950

Year Convicted:

1952

Year Cleared:

1984

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted of murder and robbery in 1950 and sentenced to death. After 34 years on death row, Taniguchi Shigeyoshi was exonerated and released in 1984."

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Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"Japanese lawyers criticize execution of three people, By Stuart Biggs, Bloomberg.net, August 23, 2007"

Information Location 1:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=amX3OB25Gcmc&refer=japan

Information Source 2:

"List of exonerated death row inmates, Wikipedia.com, August 27, 2007"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates#Japan

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