Japanese man's acquittal after 48 years on death row puts nation's ...
WEB2 days ago — On Thursday, an 88-year-old Japanese man named Iwao Hakamada was acquitted of murder and released after 48 years on death row. He could be the longest-serving death row inmate in the world, human rights groups say.
After 44 Years on Death Row, Japanese Man Is Exonerated at Age 88
WEB3 days ago — An 88-year-old man believed to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate was exonerated by a district court in Japan on Thursday, 44 years after he was first sentenced to death.
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
WEB3 days ago — 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 Hakamata: World’s longest-serving death row inmate …
WEB4 days ago — A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted 88-year-old Hakamata, who was wrongfully sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering a family, marking the end of a marathon legal saga that’s brought...
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
WEB3 days ago — TOYKO — A Japanese man said to have spent the world’s longest time on death row was cleared in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people on Thursday, ending his family’s search for...
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row ...
WEB3 days ago — Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death row inmate to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japan, where prosecutors have a more than 99% conviction rate. The case could rekindle a debate around abolishing the death penalty in Japan.
World's longest-serving death row inmate - CBS News
WEB3 days ago — An 88-year-old former boxer has been found not guilty in a retrial of a 1966 quadruple murder in Japan, ending his ordeal as the longest-serving death row inmate ever.
Iwao Hakamada: World's longest-serving death row inmate
WEB3 days ago — The world's longest-serving death row prisoner has been acquitted after a court in Japan ruled he wasn't behind a 1966 multiple murder. Iwao Hakamada, 88, had spent 48 years behind bars, more than 45 of them on …
Japan acquits longest-serving death row inmate 56 years after …
WEB3 days ago — The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, more than half a century after his 1968 murder conviction. The Shizuoka District Court ruled that...
Japanese court acquits the longest-serving death row inmate of a …
WEB3 days ago — TOKYO — A Japanese court found an 88-year-old former boxer not guilty on Thursday after a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder , reversing a decision that made him the world’s longest-serving...
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