Americans convicted in Japan on Ghosn’s escape return home

Michael Taylor, a former Green Beret, was sentenced in July last year in Tokyo District Court to two years in prison. His son Peter Taylor was sentenced to one year and eight months. They were convicted of helping a criminal for their involvement in the December 2019 escape of Ghosn. The U.S. and Japan have an extradition treaty, while Lebanon has no extradition treaty with Japan. The Taylors were arrested in Massachusetts in May 2020, and extradited to Japan in March 2021, though they fought against deportation to Japan. Their lawyer says he is in talks with parole officials about an earlier release, and is back with his family in Massachusetts, his office in Boston, says the Japanese Justice Ministry declined comment.Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. . . .