Japanese court acquits longest-serving death row inmate in 1966 quadruple murder
An 88-year-old former boxer, Iwao Hakamada, has been acquitted by a Japanese court after a retrial for a quadruple murder that occurred in 1966. The Shizuoka District Court found that the evidence against Hakamada was fabricated and that he was not responsible for the crime. Hakamada’s acquittal makes him the fifth death row inmate in … Read more