Iwao Hakamada, an 88-year-old man from Japan who spent 46 years on death row, was acquitted today, Thursday 9/26 by a Shizuoka court after a review of his trial. Joao Hakamada, the prisoner who has spent the most years on death row in the world, was accused of murdering his boss and three members of the latter’s family in 1966. Two years later he was sentenced to death. From the beginning of the hearing, the judge stated that the court believes that the accused “is innocent”. The case, which began in 1966, is emblematic of Japan’s abolitionists, who are outnumbered in the country, according to polls. Very early this morning, hundreds of people lined up outside the Shizuoka District Court (west of Tokyo) to try to get a seat for the long-awaited verdict. Among them, Atsushi […]
Source: News Beast
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