Japanese death row guard
Yoshikuni Noguchi was a prison guard in Japan and witnessed the hanging of a prisoner in 1971, before going on to become a lawyer. He describes in detail what he saw.
Yoshikuni Noguchi spent time as a guard in one of the prisons in Japan that would carry out the death penalty, and witnessed the hanging of a condemned prisoner in 1971, before going on to become a lawyer. He describes in detail what he saw.
Yoshikuni began speaking out to cast light on the reality of what death row inmates go through, as Japan continues to resist the calls to ban the practice, which is no longer in use in most countries. He tells his story to Dan Hardoon.
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
(Photo: Yoshikunu Noguchi. Credit: Alamy)
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