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Japan, death row
The world’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan mulls suing the government
A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a retrial last week of a 1966 quadruple murder — says the defense team is considering filing a damages suit against the government for ruining the man’s life and his
Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row speaks out after murder acquittal: "Finally I have won"
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial
A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row. Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice.
Japanese court acquits man who sat on death row for 45 years
The Shizuoka district court acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada on Thursday, clearing him of all charges in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people. The decision ended his family's decades-long fight for justice after a wrongful conviction that the court determined to be based on fabricated evidence.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal ‘victory’ in Japan
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
Exonerated After 48 Years: Japan’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Sues Government
Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, was acquitted in Japan after 48 years in prison for a 1966 quadruple murder he did not commit. His defense team plans to sue the government for fabricating evidence that led to his wrongful conviction and caused immense mental suffering.
World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japanese retrial
In a retrial that began after he spent 45 years on death row, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was found not guilty of a 1966 quadruple homicide.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal 'victory'
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction."Finally I have won full and complete victory,
World's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Acquitted
The court in Japan ruled that critical evidence used in 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada's original 1968 conviction was fabricated.
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court, after it found that evidence used against him was fabricated. Iwao Hakamada, who was on death row for almost half a century, was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, the man’s wife and their two teenage children.
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Japan's new justice minister says scrapping death penalty 'inappropriate'
Japan's new justice minister Hideki Makihara has said abolishing the death penalty would be "inappropriate" despite the ...
Japan Today
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World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan mulls suing government
A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a Japan ese retrial last week of a 1966 ...
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An innocent man on death row for 46 years. Is this the world’s greatest miscarriage of justice?
March 10, 2011 was Iwao Hakamada’s 75th birthday. It was also the day he celebrated a rather grim milestone – Guinness World ...
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