Japan Court Orders Retrial For Decades-long Death Row Inmate
Japan court orders retrial for decades-long death row inmate
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Japan court orders retrial for decades-long death row inmate
Tokyo's High Court ordered a retrial on Monday for an 87-year-old former boxer, dubbed the world's longest-serving death row inmate, nearly six decades after he was convicted of murder.
Tokyo's 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.
A Japanese court on Monday (March 13) ordered the review of the trial of an 87-year-old man considered to be the oldest death row inmate in the world, nearly sixty years after his conviction for murder.
The former boxer said he was tortured into making a confession in 1968