死刑執行、被害者側に通知　２１日から実施―法務省

　法務省は２０日、死刑判決が確定した事件について、被害者側が希望すれば、電話か文書で刑執行を通知すると発表した。２１日から実施する。
　刑事裁判の結果などを知らせる「被害者等通知制度」を拡充する。通知内容は、刑執行の事実と日付、場所。死刑囚が病死するなど、刑執行以外で死亡しても連絡する。
　対象となるのは、被害者とその親族、内縁関係や婚約者など親族に準じる人、代理人弁護士。電話の場合は法相が記者会見で公表する前に伝える。文書の場合は執行日に郵送する。（2020/10/21-00:44）

Japan's Justice Ministry introduced on Wednesday a system in which the executions of death row inmates are informed to people on the side of victims of the criminal cases concerned via document or phone if they wish.
   To make such notifications possible, the existing mechanism to inform people concerned of the results of criminal trials, the scheduled dates of inmates' releases from prison, the dates when they were released and other information was expanded.
   Victims and their relatives, as well as people effectively regarded as relatives, such as those who were engaged or in common-law marriage with the victims, and attorneys will be informed of the executions, and the dates when and the places where the capital punishment was carried out.
   They will also be informed if inmates die due to reasons other than execution, such as illness.
   A notification via phone will be made before the justice minister announces the execution at a news conference. A document on such notification will be mailed on the day of the execution.