He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court just exonerated him.
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row ...
Alabama executes second death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia
Alabama conducted the United States' second execution with the use of nitrogen gas on Thursday evening, finally killing Alan ...
An 88-year-old man was cleared of murder after spending 46 years on death row — mostly in solitary confinement
Iwao Hakamada was the longest-serving inmate on death row of any prisoner worldwide.
World's Longest Serving Death Row Inmate Acquitted
The court in Japan ruled that critical evidence used in 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada's original 1968 conviction was fabricated.
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 ...
World’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japanese retrial
In a retrial that began after he spent 45 years on death row, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was found not guilty of a 1966 ...
Ohio hasn't executed anyone on death row since 2018. Here's where the state's cases stand
A review of Ohio's death row in wake of Missouri execution Tuesday shows 114 inmates, including 8 from Franklin County and 2 ...
World's longest-serving death row inmate cleared of 1966 murders
The ruling by Tokyo's Shizuoka District Court brought an end to Iwao Hamakada's status as the world's longest serving death ...
Oklahoma death row inmate Emmanuel Littlejohn executed
Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, was pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He was one of four ...
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial | AP Explains
Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a ...