3 sue Japan gov't over court orders to cover rainbow socks, writing on hoodie
Three people jointly filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government on Nov. 13, claiming that they were unfairly restricted ...
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Prosecutors won’t appeal; Hakamada to clear his name
After using “fabricated” evidence in a murder trial that put Iwao Hakamada on death row for decades, prosecutors have finally accepted the innocence of the former convict. The Supreme Public ...
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Panel seeks hold on death penalty until flaws in system resolved
The report noted that in Japan, five death-row inmates were exonerated through retrials, including the acquittal in October ...
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A Japanese police chief apologizes to a man acquitted after 50 years on death row
TOKYO — A Japanese police chief on Monday apologized in person to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering that started from an overbearing investigation and wrongful conviction that had ...
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‘This is the beginning’: 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal
She backed her brother, Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, through decades of frustrating, at times apparently hopeless, legal wrangling as his mental condition worsened.
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A Japanese police chief apologizes to a man acquitted after 50 years on death row
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese police chief on Monday apologized in person to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering that ...
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'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal
She backed her brother, Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, through decades of frustrating, at times apparently hopeless, legal wrangling as his mental condition worsened.