Longest-serving death row prisoner

The World

 The death penalty remains popular in Japan. But the case of Iwao Hakamada may be testing that support. Iwao Hakamada spent nearly 50 years on death row for murder, but there’s evidence that suggests he’s not guilty. Abigail Leonard tells his story.

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