{"id":107294,"date":"2024-09-26T20:27:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107294"},"modified":"2024-09-26T20:27:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:27:45","slug":"worlds-longest-serving-death-row-inmate-acquitted-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107294","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">TOYKO \u2014 A Japanese man said to have spent the world\u2019s longest time on death row was cleared in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people on Thursday, ending his family\u2019s search for justice for a wrongful conviction.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Iwao Hakamata, 88, spent 45 years awaiting execution before a court ordered his release and a retrial in 2014 amid doubts about the evidence that formed the basis for his conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Thursday, the Shizuoka district court acquitted the former boxer. Prosecutors have 10 days to appeal the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hakamata\u2019s 91-year-old sister, Hideko Hakamata told a news conference afterwards that she was \u201cso moved and happy\u201d with the verdict \u201cI could not stop crying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis was a very long trial but thank you so much everyone,\u201d she added. \u201cWe won the acquittal! When the judge said, \u201cThe defendant is not guilty,\u201d it just sounded so divine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Her brother was found guilty of killing his company manager and three of his family members, and setting a fire to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/japan-says-russian-patrol-aircraft-violated-airspace-rcna172380\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">central Japan<\/a> home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Though he briefly admitted to the killings, he retracted the confession and pleaded innocent during his trial, but was nevertheless sentenced to death in 1968, a penalty upheld by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-news\/japans-top-court-strikes-sterilization-requirement-legal-gender-change-rcna122106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japan\u2019s Supreme Court<\/a> in 1980.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He spent 48 years behind bars \u2014 more than 45 of them on death row \u2014 making him the world\u2019s longest-serving death row inmate, according to the rights group, Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Norimichi Kumamoto, one of the three judges at the Shizuoka court who had sentenced Hakamada to death, petitioned the Supreme Court for a retrial in 2008, but the plea was rejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, he was released from prison in 2014 when a court ordered a retrial based on evidence suggesting his conviction was based on fabricated accusations by investigators, but he was not cleared of the conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Since his release, Hakamata has lived with Hideko, who battled for decades to clear his name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hakamata\u2019s lawyers had argued that DNA tests on bloodstained clothing said to be their client\u2019s showed the blood was not his.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Speaking to reporters after the case, his lead lawyer Hideyo Ogawa said he was \u201cgrateful that so many people are sharing this happy moment today.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He added that he was \u201csurprised\u201d by the \u201creally groundbreaking\u201d not guilty verdict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Amnesty International hailed the exoneration as a \u201cpivotal moment for justice\u201d and urged Japan to scrap the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAfter enduring almost half a century of wrongful imprisonment and a further 10 years waiting for his retrial, this verdict is an important recognition of the profound injustice he endured for most of his life,\u201d Amnesty said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\u201cIt ends an inspiring fight to clear his name,\u201d it added in a statement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/japan-man-acquitted-murders-decades-death-row-rcna172811\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOYKO \u2014 A Japanese man said to have spent the world\u2019s longest time on death row was cleared in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people on Thursday, &hellip; 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