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Japan prosecutors to pursue retrial of man who spent decades on death row

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TOKYO: Prosecutors in Japan will pursue the retrial of an 87-year-old former boxer - considered the world's longest-serving death row inmate - nearly six decades after he was convicted of murder, an official said on Monday (Jul 10). The decision comes after Tokyo's High Court in March ordered the retrial o

TOKYO: Prosecutors in Japan will pursue the retrial of an 87-year-old former boxer - considered the world's longest-serving death row inmate - nearly six decades after he was convicted of murder, an official said on Monday .

Lawyers for Hakamada told reporters that they were"disappointed at the prosecutors", Kyodo News reported.Hakamada spent nearly five decades on death row, and was certified the world's longest-serving death row inmate, before a lower court ordered a retrial and freed him while his case proceeded. His attempts to retract the confession were in vain and his verdict was confirmed by the Supreme Court in 1980.

 

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