Our Lisa Katayama of BB Gadgets, who also maintains the Tokyomango blog about Japanese culture, says,
A guy who served 17+ years for child murder in Japan was proved innocent and freed yesterday. He claims he was threatened and beaten into making a confession, and his dad died from shock after his conviction. Sad.
Man intimidated into admitting murder is set free after 17 years in prison (Tokyomango)