CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF PERSONS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES IN JAPAN

• NCJ Number: 37635
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 59 Issue: 4 Dated: (AUGUST 1976) Pages: 181-190
• Author(s): V M MARX; K MIYAZAWA
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

THE JAPANESE CRIMINAL CODE HAS PROVIDED FOR THE CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF INMATES SERVING LIFE SENTENCES AFTER 15 YEARS SINCE THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND AFTER 10 YEARS SINCE 1907.

Abstract

THE CONDITION FOR PAROLE IS THAT THE PRISONER SHOW 'GENUINE REMORSE'. THE AVERAGE PRISONER IN THIS CATEGORY IS RELEASED AFTER 15 YEARS. THE JAPANESE SYSTEM IS EXAMINED IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DISCUSSION IN WEST GERMANY REGARDING THE QUESTION OF PAROLE FOR PERSONS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES. --IN GERMAN. SUMMARY IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN.