Maekawa, acquitted after trial, evaluates the retrial system reform in the Japanese House of Councillors

The Legislative Council of the House of Councillors of Japan heard 61-year-old Shoji Maekawa, who was acquitted in a retrial regarding the 1986 Fukui…

The committee is deliberating a bill to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, which envisions changes to the country's retrial system.