World's longest-serving death row inmate was acquitted in Japan after 56 years as court uncovered shocking truth

World's longest-serving death row inmate was acquitted in Japan after 56 years as court uncovered shocking truth

A Japanese death row inmate who had spent over 55 years behind bars was finally acquitted after new evidence emerged.Iwao Hakamata, now 90, was sentenced to death in 1968 after being found guilty of killing his boss, the man’s wife and their two children.But it was discovered decades later that the evidence used against him had been falsified, and in 2024, at the age of 88, Hakamata was allowed to walk free.He had previously been granted a retri…