Article: DEATH PENALTY: ACTIVISTS REVEAL JAPAN'S DEATH ROW TO WORLD

Catherine Makino
Inter Press Service English News Wire
10-10-2008
TOKYO, Oct. 10, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Japan's death row inmates
revealed to the world on Friday their personal stories of isolation
and suffering, uninformed until the last minute when they will be
taken to the gallows.
They participated in this year's World Day Against the Death
Penalty by answering 14 questions in a survey conducted by Forum
90, a civil organization opposed to capital punishment.
The questions were sent to the inmates in late July and returned
to Forum 90 through their families and lawyers. Forum 90 published
their responses Friday on its Japanese Web site.
The World Day is focusing its attention on Asia this ...

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