Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m). The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his ...

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(UPDATE) TOKYO — A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said on Tuesday. The payout ...

Tokyo: A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout ...

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Iwao Hakamada's legal team has said the money falls short of the pain he suffered A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $ ...