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Death row inmate Iwao Hakamada (L), flanked by his sister Hideko, is released from Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 27, 2014.

The release of a Japanese man from death row exposes flaws in the system

Conflict & Justice

News last week that Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, had been released from a Japanese jail because of flawed evidence, has exposed a dark side in Japan’s capital punishment system. News last week that Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, had been released from a Japanese jail because of flawed evidence, has exposed a dark side in Japan’s capital punishment system.

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