INTERVIEW/ Former justice minister: Death penalty a tool of the powerful | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Hideo Hiraoka has not forgotten the barbs and sneers directed his way over his cautious stance toward ordering death penalties when he was justice minister.

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