He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court ruling may soon clear his name
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row more than five decades ago.
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has just been acquitted
Hakamada Iwao was in jail for 46 years for a crime committed in 1968. Then, he was pronounced not guilty. The reason?
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World's longest-serving death row prisoner found innocent after 46 years of conviction in Japan
A murder saga which gripped Japan's public and bought scrutiny on the legal system, which allows for capital punishment.
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Japan court acquits world’s longest-serving death row convict
By Ramon Monsalve, Jr., Anadolu, Philippine News Agency ISTANBUL – A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted the world’s longest ...
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World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Prisoner Declared Innocent
After more than 50 years on death row, world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamata, is declared innocent.
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted after 46 years
The world's longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted after it was discovered that investigators planted evidence ...
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Biden's opposition to U.S. Steel takeover could test ties with key ally Japan
In Japan, the business community sees election-year politics at play. President Joe Biden is preparing to formally block the proposed takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel, two people familiar ...
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Is This Justice? Stories of Death Row
Nearly 200 innocent people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. since 1976, not to mention the untold number of people who were unjustly executed. Many murder victims’ family members are ...
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Death toll in Vietnam exceeds 250 after Typhoon Yagi
State-run media in Vietnam say 254 people have been confirmed dead and 82 are missing after Typhoon Yagi made landfall a week ago. The powerful storm battered the country's north, triggering ...