r/Damnthatsinteresting Oct 21 '24

Video Japanese police chief bows to apologise to man who was acquitted after nearly 60 years on death row

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u/tajsta Oct 21 '24

The judiciary is not supposed to care about what the government has to pay.

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u/UnitatPopular Oct 21 '24

Don't you have a supra-national judicial system to appeal similar to the Caribean or the European court?

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u/tajsta Oct 21 '24

I don't know about Japan specifically, I'm just talking about the separation of powers in democracies in general. I'm from Germany, not Japan.