Japan: Retrial ruling is step towards justice for world’s ‘longest-serving’ death row prisoner

Responding to a Tokyo High Court ruling that 87-year-old Hakamada Iwao, whose 45 year-stretch on death row is believed to be the world’s longest, should be granted a retrial, Hideaki Nakagawa, Director of Amnesty International Japan, said:  “This ruling presents a long-overdue chance to deliver some justice to Hakamada Iwao, who has spent more than […] The post Japan: Retrial ruling is step towards justice for world’s ‘longest-serving’ death row prisoner appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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