THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 14, 2024 at 07:00 JST
In a letter to his mother, Iwao Hakamada says he is innocent of the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shizuoka Prefecture. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Editor's note: A retrial of Iwao Hakamada, 88, who had been incarcerated for nearly half a century on murder charges, is to conclude on May 22. Before the retrial’s last hearing, we shine a spotlight on letters he wrote on death row in a four-part series. This is the first installment. [Read More]
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