Iwao Hakamada, 88, was jailed under the death penalty for 46 years until he was freed in 2014 pending retrial.
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was jailed under the death penalty for 46 years until he was freed in 2014 pending the retrial.
“For so long, we have fought a battle that has felt endless,” Hakamada’s sister Ms Hideko, 91, told reporters in July. “But this time, I believe it will be settled”.Japan is the only major industrialised democracy other than the US to retain capital punishment, a policy that has broad public support.
Speaking to AFP in 2018, Hakamada underlined his ongoing battle to obtain acquittal, saying he felt he was “fighting a bout every day”.Although the Supreme Court upheld Hakamada’s death sentence in 1980, his supporters fought for decades to have the case reopened. Hakamada initially denied having robbed and murdered the victims, but confessed following what he later described as a brutal police interrogation that included beatings.
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