Longest-serving death row inmate speaks out
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.
Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row speaks out after murder acquittal: "Finally I have won"
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
Longest-serving death row inmate speaks out after murder acquittal
Last month, a city in Oklahoma agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime in the U.S.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal ‘victory’ in Japan
He was declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial
A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row. Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice.
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, who has been on death row for more than half a century, was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, the man’s wife and their two teenage children.
Back to death row? Retrial verdict due in Japan murder saga
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner hears from a Japanese court on Thursday if he will again face execution or finally be acquitted, a decade after obtaining a retrial of his murder conviction.
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 conviction.
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 retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal 'victory'
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction."Finally I have won full and complete victory,
The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has just been acquitted
The now-88-year-old man was recently acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, September 26, 2024, after a retrial of his quadruple murder case where it was found that the evidence presented against him was fabricated.
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Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
A Japanese court has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, ...
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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 ...