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flag Son fights for mother's retrial, highlighting Japan's controversial death row review process.

flag Koji Hayashi is advocating for a retrial for his mother, sentenced to death for a 1998 murder she claims she didn't commit. flag Japan's legal system, criticized for its slow pace and high conviction rate, has only granted five retrials for death row inmates since the war, all ending in exoneration. flag With hopes rising after a wrongful conviction was overturned after 42 years, the government is reviewing the retrial process.

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