World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted

The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has just been acquitted

Hakamada Iwao was in jail for 46 years for a crime committed in 1968. Then, he was pronounced not guilty. The reason? Fabricated evidence. 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. Hakamada, who was on death row for almost 50 years, was placed on death row in 1968 after …

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. After a long fight for justice led by his sister, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was on Thursday declared innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death

’Innocent’ death row inmate acquitted

The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been declared innocent after 56 years.

Inmate Acquitted In Japan After 40+ Years On Death Row

A former inmate in Japan is getting a fresh start after spending more than 40 years on death row. On Thursday (Sept. 26), Iwao Hakamada won a retrial for his quadruple- murder conviction. He is 88 years old. Here’s Why The Court Acquitted The Death Row Inmate According to the BBC, a Japanese court kept him behind bars after finding him guilty of killing his miso factory boss, the man’s wife, and their two teens. The family died at their home fro…

World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Prisoner Declared Innocent

Iwao Hakamata, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, declared innocent. Credit: iadMedia / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. A pair of trousers stained with blood and a confession believed to be forced led to Iwao Hakamata’s death sentence in the 1960s. Now, over 50 years later, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been found innocent, reports NHK, a public broadcaster. On Thursday, a Japanese court cleared 88-year-old Hakamata of all charges…