Iwao Hakamada: Japan's top court gives retrial hope for man who spent almost 50 years on death row – CNN

Japan’s top court gives retrial hope for man who spent almost 50 years on death row

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Japan’s top court gives retrial hope for man who spent almost 50 years on death row

Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada — declared the world’s longest-serving death row inmate by Guinness World Records in 2014 — was accused of robbery, arson and the murder of his boss, his boss’ wife and their two children in 1966. The family was found stabbed to death in their incinerated home in Shizuoka, central Japan. … Read more