HAMAMATSU, Japan (AP) — Hideko Hakamada, 91, spent much of her life working to free her brother from nearly a half-century on death row. Now that he has been acquitted she feels that the siblings are ...

Hakamada was granted a retrial in 2014 and after years of prolonged legal proceedings, it finally opened in October 2023 A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been ...

TOKYO — Japanese prosecutors said Tuesday they will not appeal the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial last month, bringing closure to the 1966 murder case after ...

TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.

SHIZUOKA, Japan (WKRC) - The world's longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted after it was discovered that investigators planted evidence to frame him. 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was found ...

In a landmark decision, Japan has awarded 217 million yen (approximately $1.44 million) in compensation to Iwao Hakamada, an 89-year-old former boxer who holds the record as the world’s ...

A former professional boxer who spent 46 years on death row after he was framed for murder by police has been awarded a record £1 million. A Japanese court has awarded Iwao Hakamada more than 200 ...

TOKYO — A Japanese police chief on Monday apologized in person to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering that started from an overbearing investigation and wrongful conviction that had kept him ...

Per local reports, Hakamada's death sentence was finalized in 1980 after he was found guilty of murdering a family of four in 1968 Hakamada was granted a retrial in 2014 and after years of prolonged ...

A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row. Iwao ...