Longest-serving death row inmate hails acquittal 'victory'

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 01, 2024 12:07 am

TOKYO — The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve 'complete victory' after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.

After a long fight for justice led by his sister, 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada was declared last Thursday innocent of the quadruple murder that he spent 46 years on death row for.

BACK TO LIFE Eighty-eight-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada is seen inside a car while going out with supporters in the city of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, the day of his acquittal. AFP PHOTO

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