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An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated last year was awarded a record $1.44 million in compensation on Tuesday.
Iwao Hakamada, 89, who is believed to have been the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, was exonerated last year of a 1966 murder conviction.
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said on March 25. The payout represents ...
A Japanese court has awarded ¥217 million ($1.4 million) to Iwao Hakamada, 89, who was acquitted in 2023 after spending more than four decades on death row for a crime he did not commit, The New ...
TOKYO: A man from Japan wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday.For each day of the ...
A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder, who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate, has been awarded US$1.4mil (RM6.2mil) in compensation, an official said.
Justice Delayed: Japanese Man Acquitted After 47 Years on Death Row Gets $1.45 Million Payout Iwao Hakamata, Japan’s longest-serving death row inmate, wins historic compensation for enduring ...
A Japanese court has ruled that nearly $1.4M in compensation should be provided to a man acquitted in a murder case from nearly 60 years ago, public broadcaster NHK World Japan reported on Monday.
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 (S$1.87 million) in compensation, an official said on ...
A Japanese court on Thursday found an 88-year-old former boxer not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing his long death row status.
Tokyo: A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday.