Yoneya Shirô

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Charge:	Murder and Rape
Sentence:	10 years in prison
Years Imprisoned:	10
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Year Convicted:	1952
Year Cleared:	1978
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Japan
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Yoneya Shirô was wrongly convicted on May 31, 1952 of raping and murdering a woman in 1952 by the Sendai High Court. Shirô was sentenced to ten years in prison in August 1953. After the actual culprit was apprehended Shiro filed for a retrial in August 1957 with the Aamori District Court. The application was rejected in March 1973. Shirô appealed and it was granted by the Sendai High Court in October 1976, and in July 1978 Shiro was found not guilty after a retrial. ("Capital Punishment in Japan," by Petra Schmidt, Brill Academic Publishers, Dec 2001, p. 138)"
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Innocence Proved By:	In July 1978 Shiro was found not guilty after a retrial based on the new evidence the actual culprit had been identified.
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Was Perpetrator Identified?	Yes
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	""Capital Punishment in Japan," by Petra Schmidt, Brill Academic Publishers (The Netherlands), Dec 2001, p. 138"
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Yoneya Shirô

Charge:

Murder and Rape

Sentence:

10 years in prison

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1952

Year Cleared:

1978

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In July 1978 Shiro was found not guilty after a retrial based on the new evidence the actual culprit had been identified.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Yes

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Age When Released:

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Male

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Information Source 1:

""Capital Punishment in Japan," by Petra Schmidt, Brill Academic Publishers (The Netherlands), Dec 2001, p. 138"

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http://books.google.com/books?id=8fZKH4cbcmQC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=Yoneya+1952+murder+japan&source=bl&ots=MbEaqYdanZ&sig=zN9afQ2iziTHa1oFP_5hCjmHZms&hl=en&ei=Go9uTq-kDMTjiAKL5ZCSBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true

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