Longest-serving death row inmate speaks out
The world’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan mulls suing the government
A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a retrial last week of a 1966 quadruple murder — says the defense team is considering filing a damages suit against the government for ruining the man’s life and his
5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the U.S.
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.
Japanese court acquits man who sat on death row for 45 years
The Shizuoka district court acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada on Thursday, clearing him of all charges in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people. The decision ended his family's decades-long fight for justice after a wrongful conviction that the court determined to be based on fabricated evidence.
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.
He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court ruling may soon clear his name
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row more than five decades ago.
Japanese court acquits the longest-serving death row inmate of a 1966 quadruple murder
A Japanese court has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.
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 in the 1960s.
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.
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.
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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