DISTRICT COURT CONVICTIONS
List of defendants who have been sentenced to death by district courts (the court of first instance) in Japan. All have the right to appeal to the high courts (the court of second instance) and then to the Supreme Court. It is rare for higher courts to overturn death sentences.
District Court Convictions
Total 11
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Non-Japanese= 1 (Chinese x 1)
Women = 0
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Name (last/first) F=female POD: Place of Detention Decision Date Jurisdiction (DC=District Court) |
Case Name Date of Incident |
Notes |
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Xie Yidi 謝依俤 06/10/02 Tokyo DC |
Hayakawa Family Robbery Murders 早川夫妻強盗殺人事件 02/08/13 b. 1977 |
Defendant is a Chinese national. (Family name is pronounced "Shey") |
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Kaneiwa Yukio 兼岩幸男 07/02/23 Gifu DC |
Aichi Double Womens' Murder and Dismemberment Case 99/08 & '03/05 愛知・２女性殺害 遺棄事件 b. 1957 |
Claims the police investigation and interrogation were illegal. |
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Odajima Tetsuo 小田島徹男 Chiba 07/03/22 Chiba DC |
Mabuchi Motor Murders & others. マブチモーター 殺人放火事件等 2002/08~11 |
Codefendant Morita is bein tried separately. |
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Wakabayashi Kazuyuki 若林一行 b. 1977 07/04/24 Morioka DC |
Mother Daughter Robbery Murder 母娘強盗殺人事件 2006/07/19 |
Insisted the crimes were not premeditated. |
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伊藤玲雄 b. 1975 07/05/21 Chiba DC |
Billing Fraud Ring Confinement and Murders (x3) 2004/10. |
18 people charged. 3 accomplices received life imprisonment though death was demanded. Shimizu Taishi (below) is co-defendant. [ More ] |
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Taishi Shimizu 清水大志 b. 1980 07/08/07 Chiba DC |
Billing Fraud Ring Murders (x4) 2004/10 |
18 people charged. 3 accomplices received life imprisonment though death was demanded. Ito Reo (above) is co-defendant. ( More ) |
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Hamasaki Katsuji 浜崎勝次 b. 1948 07/10/26 Chiba DC |
Double Yakuza Chief Murder 2005/04/25 |
Co-defendant with Miyagi Yoshihide (see list B). A third conspirator committed suicide. |
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Yano Osamu 矢野治 b.1949 07/12/10 Tokyo DC |
Maebashi Shootings 前橋銃乱射事件等 2002/Feb 25 2003/Jan25 (x5) |
Gang chief accused of ordering underling to murder. (More). Co-defendat with Kohinata Masato (see list B) |
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Yamada Kenichiro 山田健一郎 b. 1966 08/01/21 Maebashi DC |
Maebashi Shootings 前橋銃乱射事件等 2003/Jan25 (x5) |
Third person sentenced for this crime. Denies part of the charges. Has made financial reparation to two of the victims. ( More ) |
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Takamizawa Tsutomu 高見沢勤 b. 1955 08/02/04 Maebashi DC |
Annaka Multiple Gangster Shootings 安中組合員射殺事件 2001/ Nov 2005/April |
( More ) |
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Shiroh Tetsuya 城尾哲弥 b. 1947 08/05/26 |
Nagasaki Mayor Shooting 長崎市長射殺事件 2007 April 17 |
( More ) |