A man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial. Iwao Hakamada, now 87, is the world's longest-serving death row inmate. He was sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering his boss, the man's wife and their two children.
Iwao Hakamada, pictured with his sister Hideko in 2019, was released from jail in 2014Iwao Hakamada, now 87, isHe was sentenced to death in 1968 for murdering his boss, the man's wife and their two children in 1966.
Rights groups have criticised Japan's reliance on confessions, which they say police often obtain by force. In 2014, Hakamada was released from jail and granted a retrial by a district court, which found investigators could have planted evidence. The decision was then overturned by Tokyo's high court.
Japan is the only major industrialised democracy other than the US that still uses capital punishment."Hakamada's conviction was based on a forced 'confession' and there are serious doubts about the other evidence used against him," the group's Japan director Hideaki Nakagawa said.The process for a retrial could take years if a special appeal is filed, however, and lawyers have been protesting against this system.
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