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Koshima Yuko

 

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

15

Year Crime:

1948

Year Convicted:

1950

Year Cleared:

1963

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Japan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Shizuoka

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

"Kondo Katsutaro 27, Kondo Gohei 47, Koshima Yuko 21 were arrested in 1948 for the murder of four people in Shizuoka, Japan. They were convicted and sentenced to death. In 1963 their convictions were overturned and they were released after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

In 1963 their convictions were overturned and they were released after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

21

Age When Released:

36

Sex:

Male

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Information Source 1:

""Capital Punishment in Japan," by Petra Schmidt, Brill Academic Publishers (The Netherlands), Dec 2001, p. 135"

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