Akira Masaki

Japanese: 正木亮 - まさきあきら

Born: March 25, 1892 in Hiroshima
[Died] August 22, 1971. A Tokyo criminal law scholar. He made a great contribution to reforming correctional practices in Japan. He became a prosecutor in 1920, served as Director of the Criminal Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice in 1941, and retired in 1946 as Chief Prosecutor of the Nagoya Court of Appeal. He was then active as a lawyer. He is best known for his Teikoku Bank Incident and the Mecca Murder Case. Influenced by his teacher Eiichi Makino's theory on educational criminal law, he introduced pedagogy, psychology, and psychiatry to the issue of criminal correction. He was also an ardent advocate of the abolition of the death penalty. His works include "Problems in Penal Administration" (1928), "Death Penalty" (56), and "Criminal Law and Criminal Policy" (63).

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[生]1892.3.25. 広島
[没]1971.8.22. 東京
刑事法学者。日本の矯正実務の改革に多大の貢献をした。 1920年検事となり，41年司法省刑政局長をつとめ，46年名古屋控訴院検事長を最後に退官。以後は弁護士として活躍した。帝銀事件，メッカ殺人事件などが有名である。師牧野英一の教育刑論の影響のもとで，犯罪者の矯正問題に教育学，心理学，精神医学などを導入した。また熱心な死刑廃止論者でもあった。『行刑上の諸問題』 (1928) ，『死刑』 (56) ，『刑法と刑事政策』 (63) などの著書がある。

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