The 88-year-old Hakamada, a former boxer, was acquitted by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and prosecutors had collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against him, and forced him to confess with violent, hourslong closed interrogations.
A Japanese police chief apologizes to Iwao Hakamada, man acquitted after 50 years on death row
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Iwao Hakamada, a former boxer, was acquitted in September by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and prosecutors had collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against him, and forced him to confess with violent, hourslong, closed interrogations.
'This is the beginning': 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal
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