THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 24, 2020 at 17:45 JST
Iwao Hakamada, left, with his older sister, Hideko, at their home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 23 after they learned the Supreme Court had overruled a Tokyo High Court rejection of his retrial. (Seiki Suda)
It was a moment that Iwao Hakamada had long been waiting for. But at 84 years old and with psychological problems developed during decades on death row, he could not grasp its significance. [Read More]
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