Sister of ex-death row inmate calls for full disclosure of evidence by prosecutors amid retrial system review
The older sister of former death row inmate Iwao Hakamata on Tuesday called for prosecutors to fully disclose evidence in relation to a review of the country’s retrial system.“I want (prosecutors) to present all the good and bad evidence,” Hideko Hakamata, the sister, told a meeting of the House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee.She was summoned to the meeting to discuss a Criminal Procedure Code revision bill. The legislation would limit the scope of evidence disclosure and mandate that the defense not be provided with a list of evidence.
