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Japanese court acquits longest-serving death row prisoner
Video Credit: AFP English
Published on September 26, 2024 - Duration: 01:28s
Japanese court acquits longest-serving death row prisoner
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner has been acquitted, more than half a century after his murder conviction, following a Japanese court ruling that evidence had been fabricated.
Ailing health has prevented 88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada from appearing in the court to learn the outcome of the retrial, granted a decade ago after a long campaign by his supporters.