1. World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan - BBC
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After almost half a century on death row Iwao Hakamada, 88, has been acquitted of murder.
2. Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row ...
Sep 30, 2024 · 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was on Thursday declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for.
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for.
3. Japanese man who spent 46 years on death row cleared of murders | Japan
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Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade ago
4. 'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate ...
9 hours ago · 'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal.
After helping lead the fight to free her younger brother from nearly a half-century on death row, Hideko Hakamada feels she and her brother are beginning a new chapter of their lives.
5. Crime Iwao Hakamada cleared of murders after 46 years on death row
Sep 26, 2024 · The Shizuoka District Court on Thursday found former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada innocent of multiple murders, overturning a conviction ...
The Shizuoka District Court on Thursday found former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada innocent of multiple murders, overturning a conviction based on fabricated evidence that kept him imprisoned for nearly five decades. The court agreed with the defence's arguments and evidence presented in the...
6. Court acquits Hakamada of murder, 58 years after his arrest | The Asahi ...
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SHIZUOKA—A court here on Sept. 26 found former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada innocent of multiple murder, overturning a conviction based on “fabricated” evidence that put him behind bars for nearly half a century.
7. World's longest-serving death row inmate — an 88-year-old former boxer
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The ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court brought an end to Iwao Hamakada's status as the world's longest serving death row inmate.
8. Japanese man's acquittal after 48 years on death row puts nation's ...
Sep 27, 2024 · On Thursday, an 88-year-old Japanese man named Iwao Hakamada was acquitted of murder and released after 48 years on death row.
Human rights groups call for the end of the death penalty in Japan after Iwao Hakamada, who spent 45 years in solitary confinement on death row, is found to have been wrongfully convicted of murder.
9. World's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Acquitted - Newsweek
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The court in Japan ruled that critical evidence used in 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada's original 1968 conviction was fabricated.
10. An Innocent Man: Hakamada Iwao and the Problem of Wrongful ...
This article is to explore the problem of wrongful convictions in Japanese criminal justice by focusing on the case of Hakamada Iwao.
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11. Japanese man on death row for more than 45 years is acquitted in retrial
Sep 26, 2024 · An older cleanshaven Asian man wearing a green hat and matching vest, is shown in. Iwao Hakamada, an 88-year-old former boxer who has been on ...
A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old man was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier decision that made him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.
12. Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades ...
Sep 26, 2024 · On Air Now Playing 88.9 Bowling Green | 89.5 Owensboro | 89.7 Somerset | 90.9 Elizabethtown ... Iwao Hakamada, left, is helped by a supporter as ...
A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 years behind bars, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate.
13. Japanese court acquits the longest-serving death row inmate of ...
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14. World's longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada, 88, is ...
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THE world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted more than 50 years after he was sentenced. Former boxer Iwao Hakamada, 88, was jailed in 1968 for quadruple murder and has spen…
15. Japan court acquits longest-serving death row prisoner Iwao Hakamada
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88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was not guilty in a retrial, a Japanese court rules.
16. Iwao Hakamada Acquitted After 47 Years on Death Row in Japan | News
Sep 26, 2024 · Never lose hope. Just ask Iwao Hakamada, who was acquitted on Thursday by a court in Japan after spending 47 years in prison.
Never lose hope. Just ask Iwao Hakamada, who was acquitted on Thursday by a court in Japan after spending 47 years in prison. Considered the longest-serving death row inmate in the...
17. Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal 'victory'
Sep 30, 2024 · 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was on Thursday declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for.
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 former boxer told a group of supporters on Sunday in Shizuoka, the region southwest of Tokyo where the ruling was issued.
18. Sentenced To Death 46 Years Ago, Japanese Man Is Now Free
Mar 27, 2014 · Iwao Hakamada, now 78, is thought to have been awaiting execution longer than anyone else in the world. But newly analyzed DNA evidence has ...
Iwao Hakamada, now 78, is thought to have been awaiting execution longer than anyone else in the world. But newly analyzed DNA evidence has led to an order that he be retried.
19. Letters from Death Row Iwao Hakamada [Premium A special]
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Iwao Hakamada, who was recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-serving death row inmate, continued to write letters to his family even after his death sentence was finalized. We trace his life through the thousands of letters he kept.
20. Man on Death Row for Half a Century Declared Innocent After Revelation ...
Sep 27, 2024 · Iwao Hakamada Death Row. Former Japanese professional boxer Iwao Hakamada (L), who was sentenced to death for the murder of four members of a ...
Hakamada insisted he was innocent, but later gave a forced confession after he said investigators beat and interrogated him relentlessly.
21. Who is the world's longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada?
Sep 26, 2024 · A PRISONER has been acquitted after spending 48 years in prison for the Hakamada mass murder of 1966.Ex-boxer, Iwao Hakamada, was on death ...
A PRISONER has been acquitted after spending 48 years in prison for the Hakamada mass murder of 1966. Ex-boxer, Iwao Hakamada, was on death row for almost half a century, after being wrongfully sen…
22. 'A battle that felt endless': Japan acquits longest death row inmate
Sep 26, 2024 · 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was freed in 2014 pending retrial after being on death row for 46 years for murder.
88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was freed in 2014 pending retrial after being on death row for 46 years for murder.
23. Citing Misconduct, Japanese Court Formally Exonerates Iwao ...
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24. Japan death penalty: Iwao Hakamada to learn fate - NZ Herald
Sep 25, 2024 · The psychological pain of not knowing when they will be put to death prompted two prisoners to file a lawsuit against the late-notice system in ...
Japan's death penalty faces scrutiny as Iwao Hakamada's fate hangs in the balance.