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Not-guilty verdict for innocent death row inmate Iwao Hakamada
: Fabrication of evidence acknowledged
Today (2024.09.26), the Shizuoka District Court handed down a historic not-guilty verdict in the retrial of Hakamada Iwao. Hakamada, who had been on death row for a 1966 murder case, was acquitted after it was acknowledged that the evidence had been fabricated. Coerced Confession and Fabricated Evidence Acknowledged This verdict is of great significance for...