Japan court clears longest-serving prisoner

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 27, 2024 12:26 am

SHIZUOKA, Japan — The world's longest-serving death-row prisoner was acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, more than half a century after his 1968 murder conviction.

The Shizuoka District Court ruled that 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was not guilty in a retrial obtained by the former boxer and his supporters a decade ago.

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