Former boxer Iwao Hakamada, 89, was exonerated of a 1966 quadruple murder. He received US$83 for each day he wrongly spent in ...

An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi, who ...

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.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Second South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad after prisoner was killed with bullets earlier this month.

A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was ...

March 25 (UPI) --An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated last year was awarded a record $1.44 million in ...

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 March 25. The payout represents ...

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