THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 26, 2024 at 14:30 JST
Hideko Hakamada, third from right foreground, heads to the Shizuoka District Court on Sept. 26 to hear the ruling in the retrial of her brother, Iwao, shown in the banner. (Yasumasa Kikuchi)
SHIZUOKA—A court here on Sept. 26 found former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada innocent of multiple murder, overturning a conviction based on “fabricated” evidence that put him behind bars for nearly half a century. [Read More]
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