World's longest-serving death row inmate — an 88-year-old former boxer — acquitted of 1966 murders in Japan
The ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court brought an end to Iwao Hamakada's status as the world's longest serving death ...
Japan court acquits longest-serving death row inmate in 1966 murder retrial
The former boxer was convicted of murder in the 1966 killing of a company manager and three of his family members. He was ...
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. Iwao Hakamada, ...
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Longest-serving death row prisoner seeks acquittal in Japan retrial
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner hears from a Japanese court on Thursday if he will again face execution or ...
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial | AP Explains
Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a ...
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Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Acquitted in Japan
Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest-serving death row inmate, was acquitted of a 1966 quadruple murder after spending 45 years on ...
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Japan court acquits longest-serving death row prisoner
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, more than half a century after ...
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Japan Acquits World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate
An 88-year-old Japanese man, Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted after spending ...
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Japan court acquits world's longest-serving death row convict
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted the world's longest death row convict, ruling that the evidence in 1966 murder cases ...
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Japan acquits longest-serving prisoner on death row
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was acquitted on Thursday, over 50 years after his murder ...
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INTERVIEW/ Former justice minister: Death penalty a tool of the powerful
Postwar Japan has seen four cases where a death-row inmate with a finalized sentence was found not guilty in a retrial. An execution based on a wrong verdict cannot be undone. Hearings on a ...