# Har väntat på sin avrättning i 56 år - nu frikänd
Author: Pyttelite

***When a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in September, the world's longest-serving death row inmate seemed unable to comprehend, much less savour the moment.
"I told him he was acquitted, and he was silent," Hideko Hakamata, his 91-year-old sister, tells the BBC at her home in Hamamatsu, Japan.
"I couldn't tell whether he understood or not."
Hideko had been fighting for her brother's retrial ever since he was convicted of quadruple murder in 1968.***

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24nrr0mv4go

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Author: Pyttelite

***Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata has been found not guilty over a 1966 quadruple murder case, a Shizuoka court ruled on Thursday — a long-awaited retrial verdict for the defendant and his supporters, who have fought to prove his innocence since he was first arrested for the crime.***

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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/26/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling/