Updated Friday, April 11, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AP

Japan executes four convicted murderers

TOKYO -- Japan executed four convicted murderers Thursday in a marked acceleration of hangings amid rising international concern about the fairness of the country’s secretive justice system.

The round of executions was the third since December, when the Justice Ministry first started disclosing the identities of those hanged and details of their crimes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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