Jimmy Sakoda - the "samurai detective"

Enviado por bokinaka el Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:23

After 27 years, his duty still calls
Perseverance may be about to pay off in Jimmy Sakoda's pursuit of justice for a slain woman.
By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 29, 2008

Maybe it was memories from the murdered woman's bracelet.

Or maybe it was her father's anguished plea for justice.

Certainly it was the Japanese values of bushido, the samurai code that promotes a fierce sense of duty and obligation, honesty and fidelity to self, to truth, to endurance.

Veteran Los Angeles County lawman Jimmy Sakoda mentions all of this in trying to explain why he has pursued a murder case for 27 years, a relentless quest that has produced comparisons to the lingering mystery of the still unresolved Black Dahlia homicide.

Read the rest of the story: Los Angeles Times

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Enviado por vkm el Thu, 04/03/2008 - 23:22

I've heard about rhis story and had heard a little about Jimmy Sakoda, but it was really interesting learning about him as a person. Actually, the most surprising discovery was when I recognized who his wife is. A year ago I wouldn't have, but at the end of last year we interviewed her for the Museum Store Online. It was a really interesting story. She shared some memories of growing
up in Little Tokyo. The article is also on Discover Nikkei: "Stories from Little Tokyo: The Woman in the Picture"


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