He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court just exonerated him.
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row ...
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Japanese court acquits longest-serving death row inmate of 1966 quadruple murder
A Japanese court found an 88-year-old former boxer not guilty on Thursday after a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, ...
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World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in 1966 quadruple murder
Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal Thursday by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death row inmate to be found not guilty ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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.
Japanese man acquitted of 1966 murders after 45 years on death row
A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said, ending his family's search for justice after a wrongful conviction for ...
Japan retrial acquits 88-year-old former boxer of 1966 murders
An 88-year-old former boxer was acquitted in a rare Japanese retrial Thursday in a 1966 quadruple murder case after spending ...
An 88-year-old man was cleared of murder after spending 46 years on death row — mostly in solitary confinement
Iwao Hakamada was the longest-serving inmate on death row of any prisoner worldwide.