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Yoshie Shiratori is best known for escaping from prison four times in three years. After being convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life plus 23 years imprisonment. Shiratori escaped from Aomori Prison in 1936, was recaptured, and escaped from Akita Prison in 1942. In 1944, he rusted his handcuff and an inspection hole with miso soup, before escaping from Abashiri prison. He was caught again in 1946. Sapporo District Court sentenced him to death, which caused Shiratori to desperately find a way to escape and in 1947, he dug a tunnel and escaped for the fourth time! In 1948, he was recaptured after admitting to a policeman that he was an escaped convict. His death sentence was revoked and Shiratori eventually served 26 years before being paroled in 1961.
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Yoshie Shiratori is best known for escaping from prison four times in three years. After being convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life plus 23 years imprisonment. Shiratori escaped from Aomori Prison in 1936, was recaptured, and escaped from Akita Prison in 1942. In 1944, he rusted his handcuff and an inspection hole with miso soup, before escaping from Abashiri prison. He was caught again in 1946. Sapporo District Court sentenced him to death, which caused Shiratori to desperately find a way to escape and in 1947, he dug a tunnel and escaped for the fourth time! In 1948, he was recaptured after admitting to a policeman that he was an escaped convict. His death sentence was revoked and Shiratori eventually served 26 years before being paroled in 1961.