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Iwao Hakamata, who in a rare example is being retried over a 1966 murder case, will be given a verdict on Sept. 26.

Tears of joy were shed by lawyers and supporters of Iwao Hakamada on March 20 after they learned prosecutors would not file a special appeal of a high court ruling calling for his retrial.

Tokyos High Court ordered the retrial for 87-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada on Monday, nearly six decades after he was first convicted in 1968.

Japans Top Court Offers Retrial Hope For Longest Death Row Inmate By AFP News on December 24 2020 12:03 AM Japans highest court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of a man described as the worlds longest-serving death row inmate, raising new hope for the 84-year-old, his lawyer said Wednesday. Iwao Hakamada has lived under a death sentence for more than half a century after being convicted of robbing and murdering his boss, the mans wife, and their two teenaged children. ...

Japans top court offers retrial hope for longest death row inmate Wed 23rd December 2020 | 06:50 PM Tokyo, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Dec, 2020 ) :Japans highest court has overturned a ruling blocking the retrial of a man described as the worlds longest-serving death row inmate, raising new hope for the 84-year-old, his lawyer said Wednesday. Iwao Hakamada has lived under a death sentence for more than half a century after being convicted of robbing and murdering his boss, the m...