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Japan death row inmate’s sister still fighting, even after release

TOKYO – Hideko Hakamada campaigned for almost six decades to get her little brother, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, cleared. But at 92...

Free man

Iwao Hakamada, 88 and in a wheelchair, is in the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka prefecture, two days after he was acquitted. He spent 46...

Japanese court acquits longest-serving death row prisoner

Shizuoka, Japan—The world's longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted on Thursday, more than half a century after his murder conviction, when a Japanese court ruled...

Japan court orders retrial for inmate

Tokyo—Tokyo’s High Court ordered a retrial on Monday for an 87-year-old former boxer, dubbed the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, nearly six decades after...
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