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77 percent in favor of abolishing statute of limitations on murder in Japan
Mainichi Daily News ^ | 7/16/08 | Mainichi Japan

Posted on 07/16/2008 7:08:09 AM PDT by Tolkien

Seventy-seven percent of people in Japan think that the statute of limitations on murders should be abolished, a Mainichi poll has found.

(Excerpt) Read more at mdn.mainichi.jp ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Japan
KEYWORDS: japan; murder; punishment
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1 posted on 07/16/2008 7:08:10 AM PDT by Tolkien
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To: Tolkien

Kramer: Anyway, it's been two years. I mean isn't there like statue of limitations on that?

Jerry: Statute.

Kramer: What?

Jerry: Statute of limitations. It's not a statue.

Kramer: No, statue.

Jerry: Fine, it's a sculpture of limitations.

Kramer: Just wait a minute...Elaine, Elaine! Now you're smart, is it statue or statute of limitations?

Elaine: Statute.

Kramer: Oh, I really think you're wrong.

2 posted on 07/16/2008 7:33:27 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: Tolkien

Really? Then a Chinese friend of mine would really like to talk to the Japanese about her Grandmother and Grandfather.


3 posted on 07/16/2008 7:41:06 AM PDT by allmendream (If "the New Yorker" makes a joke and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: allmendream

That’s probably the reason for the statute anyway to cover their ass.


4 posted on 07/16/2008 8:09:50 AM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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