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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Rape |
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Years Imprisoned: |
2.67 |
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Year Convicted: |
2002 |
Year Cleared: |
2007 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Japan |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Hiroshi Yanagihara was wrongly convicted in 2002 of committing two rapes. After his release on parole in January 2005, the actual rapist was arrested, and he admitted to the rapes as well as committing a total of 14 rapes. Hiroshi Yanagihara was acquitted after a retrial in October 2007. He was wrongly jailed for 2 years and 8 months (April 2002 to January 2005)." |
Conviction Caused By: |
False confession under intense police questioning and trickery. |
Innocence Proved By: |
Hiroshi Yanagihara was acquitted after a retrial in October 2007. |
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Was Perpetrator Identified? |
Yes |
Age When Imprisoned: |
37 |
Age When Released: |
40 |
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Male |
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Information Source 1: |
"Court acquits man but kept lid on forced confession, The Japan Times, October 11, 2007" |
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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20071011a1.html |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org