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Japanese court acquits former death row inmate

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World's longest-serving death row inmate — an 88-year-old former boxer — acquitted of 1966 murders in Japan

The ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court brought an end to Iwao Hamakada's status as the world's longest serving death row inmate.

Japan acquits longest-serving prisoner on death row

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was acquitted on Thursday, over 50 years after his murder conviction.

Japan court acquits world's longest-serving death row convict

A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted the world's longest death row convict, ruling that the evidence in 1966 murder cases was "fabricated." In a rare retrial of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata,

Japan Reverses Conviction of 88-Year-Old World’s Longest-Serving Death-Row Inmate

TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple ...

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World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan

An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court. Iwao Hakamada, ...

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Hard Numbers: US sends billions to Ukraine, Poland’s PM takes aim at beavers, NYC adopts new tool to battle rats, Japan finds longtime death row inmate innocent

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Thursday and ...

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