Iwao Hakamada, najdugovječniji osuđenik na smrt u svijetu, oslobođen je od strane japanskog suda nakon što je proveo preko pet desetljeća na smrtnom redu. Osuđen za ubojstvo 1968. godine, Hakamada, sada 88-godišnjak, dobio je ponovno suđenje prije deset godina, a Okružni sud Shizuoka sada ga je proglasio nevinim. Njegov slučaj privukao je međunarodnu pažnju zbog zabrinutosti zbog prisilnih priznanja i pravednosti njegovog suđenja. Hakamada, bivši boksač, održavao je svoju nevinost tijekom cijelog zatvaranja. Ova presuda predstavlja značajan trenutak u povijesti japanskog pravnog sustava i postavlja pitanja o sustavu smrtne kazne u zemlji.
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Longest-serving death row prisoner acquitted in Japan retrial
SHIZUOKA - The world’s longest-serving death row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on Sept 26, more than a half a century after his 1968 murder conviction. Shizuoka District Court ruled that 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was innocent, AFP reporters said, in a retrial obtained by the former boxer and his supporters a decade ago.
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Longest-serving death row prisoner seeks acquittal in Japan retrial
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner hears from a Japanese court on Thursday if he will again face execution or finally be acquitted, a decade
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A Japanese ex-boxer was world’s longest death row prisoner — after a decade, he’ll find out whether he finally escapes the gallows
The world’s longest-serving death row prisoner hears from a Japanese court today if he will again face execution or finally be acquitted, a decade
