Japan's justice minister has asked a legal panel to review the country's retrial system after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row prisoner last year heightened scrutiny of the system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-system-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #falseconvictions #shizuoka #massmurder #japanesepolice

An advisory panel will start discussions later this month to review the country's retrial system for criminal cases, Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/crime-legal/advisory-panel-review-retrial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #deathpenalty #japanesecourts #justiceministry #falseconvictions

Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial over a 1966 multiple murder, has demanded that the government pay him compensation of ¥217 million for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/30/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-compensation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #shizuoka #japanesecourts #falseconvictions

The head of the Shizuoka District Prosecutors Office, Hideo Yamada, is expected to apologize in person to former boxer Iwao Hakamata, who was recently acquitted of a 1966 quadruple murder, over his prolonged court proceedings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/21/japan/crime-legal/japan-prosecutor-to-apologize-to-hakamata/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

A 59-year-old man who served a prison sentence for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student in central Japan is set to get a retrial, during which he is expected to be found not guilty. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/29/japan/crime-legal/japan-murder-case-retrial/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #fukui

The chief of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Monday offered an apology in person to Iwao Hakamata at his home in Shizuoka Prefecture following his acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 murder case last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/21/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-shizuoka-police-apology/ #japan #crimelegal #iwaohakamata #hamamatsu #shizuoka #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #deathpenalty

Over 70% of people who were acquitted of murder in a retrial in Japan were initially found guilty based on their confessions, a Jiji tally showed Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/13/japan/crime-legal/japan-retrial-acquittal-confessions-guilt/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #falseconvictions #japanesepolice

Nearly 44 years after the original trial, a Shizuoka court ruled Thursday that former pro boxer Iwao Hakamata — the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner — is not guilty of a 1966 quadruple murder charge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/26/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling/ #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice

Iwao Hakamata, who in a rare example is being retried over a 1966 murder case, will be given a verdict on Sept. 26 that could see him finally acquitted more than five decades after he was sentenced to death. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/crime-legal/hakamata-retrial-ruling-date/ #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #iwaohakamata #massmurder #falseconvictions #japanesecourts #japanesepolice