Recommendations on the Capital Punishment System
Japan Federation of Bar Associations
November 22, 2002
Contents
Summaries of Recommendations
Reasons for Recommendations
- 1 ・・・・・ Ⅰ Trends of the International Community and Responses of the Japanese Government concerning the Capital Punishment System
- 4 ・・・・・ Ⅱ Domestic Situations and Efforts of JFBA concerning the Capital Punishment System
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9 ・・・・・ Ⅲ Problems of the Capital Punishment System
- 9 ・・・・・ 1.Basic Problems of Capital Punishment
- 14 ・・・・・ 2.Institutional and Operational Problems concerning Capital Punishment in Japan
- 24 ・・・・・ 3.Problems concerning Information Disclosure of the Capital Punishment System
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28 ・・・・・ Ⅳ Task for JFBA Regarding the Issue of the Capital Punishment System
- 28 ・・・・・ 1.Efforts to Improve the Criminal Justice System concerning Capital Punishment
- 29 ・・・・・ 2.Activation of Discussion on Whether to Preserve or Abolish Capital Punishment and Promoting Public Discussion
- 30 ・・・・・ 3.Disclosure of Information on Capital Punishment
- 30 ・・・・・ 4.Recommendations on a Maximum Penalty in Place of Capital Punishment
- 31 ・・・・・ 5.Efforts to Support, Recover and Establish the Rights of Crime Victims
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32 ・・・・・ Ⅴ Suspension of Executions by Statute
- 32 ・・・・・ 1.Need to Suspend Executions
- 34 ・・・・・ 2.Movements about Suspension of Executions
- 35 ・・・・・ 3.Systems for Suspension of Executions
- 36 ・・・・・ 4.Relation to the Separation of Powers
- 38 ・・・・・ 5.Outline of the Law to Suspension Executions
- 41 ・・・・・ Ⅵ Conclusions
- 42 ・・・・・ List of Materials
