World’s longest-serving death-row inmate to hear fate

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The trial is due to wrap up in the case of a Japanese man who has been dubbed the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. Iwao Hakamada, 88, is a former boxer who was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of killing four people in 1966. Hakamada was on death row for nearly half a century, until Japan’s High Court ordered a retrial, which got under way in October 2023.

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[lancecahill]

His 91-year old sister looks incredibly young for her age.

[ErnestJay]

I remember his case, even the detective who interrogate him finally confess that the evidence is fabricated, the one and only "evidence" is his confession, even that anyone who involved in this case agreed that he's getting tortured during interrogation.

[maxthemax]

Man... an entire lifetime lost because someone tortured a confession out of him. I admire his resilience... hoping for a positive outcome for so long.

[-dhistory]

Read the Wiki page on this. He's undergone DNA tests 3 times in 2008, 2011 and 2012. All 3 times, his dna did not match that of the killer's. The Jpn legal system must be the slowest in the world to exonerate s.o.

[prabhugautham]

47 yrs thats gross and justice delayed is justice denied.

[sunbloxian]

Japan’s justice system is just too harsh, it’s literally “Guilty until proven innocent”

[Tyler-]

They interrogated him for 20 days? That has to be against human rights. I think in the US you can only be held for 72 hours if there isn’t sufficient evidence for arrest.

[bhanumathi]

If it is really false accusations... Imagine the years he spent in the jail😢

[aaat]

So, they picked up a poor man, and wrongfully convicted him while the real culprit went scotch-free, probably murdering more people!

[hisroyalbaguette]

Her sister looks like she's tops 60!

[qeqtxxi]

That family bond is amazing...his sister stood by his side😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢in today's generation even family members are not gud with each other

[saltylemonz]

It must be harrowing, waiting for a decision for almost half a century in solitary.

[DarkMeyer]

Guy is 88 in prison.
Most people won't live till that age.

[wumaster]

Prosecutors and their families make me sick. They should not be allowed to do this to an innocent man.

[dk-hvnz]

his sister stood by his side throughout the years. incredible family bond.

[futurehistory]

Poor man. Even though he is free now his life was still ruined :(

[ideac.]

Meanwhile funko furuta's killers are still out there...

[windmacher]

Conviction rate. One of the main features of the Japanese criminal justice system well known in the rest of the world is its extremely high conviction rate, which exceeds 99%. SUSPICIOUS.

[marymojsovski]

This happened around the world but we don't know it's as we don't miss as human

[frankm]

That prison looks better than my house