Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.

Only five retrials have been granted in Japan's post-war history for death row prisoners, all resulting in exoneration. The latest was for 89-year-old Hakamada, who in September was acquitted of a ...

Left almost unchanged for a century, Japan's current retrial system is often labelled the "Unopenable Door" because the chances of being granted a legal do-over are so slim.

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 ...

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A man from Japan who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate after being wrongly convicted of murder has been awarded a £1.1million payout. Iwao Hakamada, 89, was found guilty in 1968 of ...

TOKYO: A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday (March 25).

A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was ...