Journal article
The sentence is only half the story
Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol.13(4), pp.745-761
2015
Abstract
When Allied governments passed sentence on Japanese war criminals from 1945 onwards, they expected that those convicted would stay in prison for their full terms. Within a comparatively short time, however, each government controlling Japanese war criminals’ sentences had granted them some form of clemency, and by the end of 1958, the last remaining war criminals, including those sentenced to life imprisonment, had been released with the agreement of the prosecuting governments. This article examines the ethical, political and pragmatic considerations that led to the granting of parole and clemency to convicted Japanese war criminals between 1945 and 1958, the bureaucratic processes through which clemency was arranged, and the shifting political positions of the Japanese and Allied authorities in regard to war criminals. In so doing, it contributes to the extension of studies of war crimes justice to the post-sentencing phase, and highlights the role of the Japanese authorities and the Japanese public in determining the fate of war criminals in the Pacific theatre of the war.
Details
- Title
- The sentence is only half the story
- Authors/Creators
- S. Wilson (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of International Criminal Justice, Vol.13(4), pp.745-761
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005543502207891
- Copyright
- © (2015) The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
Metrics
74 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Citation topics
- 6 Social Sciences
- 6.277 Asian Studies
- 6.277.1672 Japanese Cultural Identity
- Web Of Science research areas
- Law
- ESI research areas
- Social Sciences, general