Retrial of elderly boxer on death row in Japan highlights concerns about justice system

A former pro boxer in Japan is the world’s longest-serving inmate on death row. At 87 and with dementia, his case is finally re-opening in a retrial. Legal observers believe the investigation of Iwao Hakamada was hampered by undue police pressure and the Japanese legal reliance on confessions. Thisanka Siripala reports from Tokyo on what this arrest, conviction and imprisonment are revealing about the Japanese criminal justice system.

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