World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted

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 mental health by keeping him in prison for 48 years.

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 row for."Finally I have won full and complete victory," the former boxer told a group of sup…

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.