儿子要求母亲重审, 突显日本有争议的死囚审查过程。
Son fights for mother's retrial, highlighting Japan's controversial death row review process.
林浩二 (Koji Hayashi) 正在为他的母亲主张重审,她因 1998 年的谋杀案而被判处死刑,她声称自己没有犯下谋杀罪。
Koji Hayashi is advocating for a retrial for his mother, sentenced to death for a 1998 murder she claims she didn't commit.
日本的法律制度因速度缓慢和定罪率高而受到批评,但自战争以来只允许对死囚进行五次重审,所有最后都是免罪。
Japan's legal system, criticized for its slow pace and high conviction rate, has only granted five retrials for death row inmates since the war, all ending in exoneration.
随着42年后错误定罪被推翻后的希望不断上升, 政府正在检讨重审程序。
With hopes rising after a wrongful conviction was overturned after 42 years, the government is reviewing the retrial process.