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Saitoh Yukio

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

28.5

Year Crime:

1955

Year Convicted:

1957

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 in 1955 and sentenced to death. After 28-1/2 years on death row, Saitoh Yuko was exonerated and released in 1984."

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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"

Information Location 2:

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

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