Death penalty opponent Keiko Chiba made Japanese Justice Minister

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6838555.ece

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The new Japanese Government has in effect suspended the death penalty by appointing an outspoken opponent of capital punishment as Justice Minister.

Keiko Chiba, 61, a lawyer and former member of the Japan Socialist Party, has the final say in signing execution orders for Japan’s 102 death row inmates.

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