He spent decades in prison on death row for a crime he did not commit. On Monday, a Japanese police chief personally apologized to Iwao Hakamada for his suffering sparked by an overbearing investigation and a wrongful conviction that kept him on death row until last month, when he was acquitted in a retrial. Hakamada, 88, a former boxer, was acquitted by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and prosecutors worked together to fabricate and plant evidence against him and forced him to confess after brutal, hours-long closed-door interrogations. The acquittal was finalized earlier this month when prosecutors waived their right to appeal — though they protested the decision — ending Hakamada’s nearly 60-year legal battle to prove his innocence, according to the Associated Press. Shizuoka Prefectural Police Chief Takayoshi Tsuda visited on Monday […]
Source: News Beast
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