US EditionJapan Awards Record $1.4 Million to Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate
- Iwao Hakamada, wrongly convicted of murder and the world's longest-serving death row inmate, has been awarded US$1.45 million in compensation.
- The Shizuoka District Court ruled that Hakamada should receive 217,362,500 yen for his more than four decades of detention on death row.
- The court found that police had tampered with evidence and that Hakamada endured inhumane interrogations aimed at obtaining a confession, which he later retracted.
- Hakamada is the fifth death row inmate in Japan's history to be exonerated, with all previous cases leading to exonerations.
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der Standard DEMillions of compensation for Japanese after decades in death row
A Japanese acquitted after more than 40 years on death row receives millions of compensation for his suffering. A court in Shizuoka ruled that Iwao Hakamada is entitled to around 77 euros for every day spent in custody.
Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ Survivors Urge Legal Reforms at Diet
Click to expand Image Masaaki Ohkawara (L), president of Ohkawara Kakohki Co., Ltd., and Junji Shimada (C) attend a press conference in Tokyo on June 5, 2024. © 2024 The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images On Wednesday, in Japan’s Diet, the House of Representatives Committee on Judicial Affairs held a hearing on the country’s abusive “hostage justice” system. To pressure suspects to confess to crimes, prosecutors have long detained people prior to tr…
New document shows Indiana paid $900,000 for execution drug, other details still sparse
The Indiana Department of Correction (DOC) offered a new but tiny glimpse into Indiana’s efforts to resume executions, revealing the state paid $900,000 to acquire the drug used to carry out the death penalty for convicted killer Joseph Corcoran. But the new document does not make clear when or how much pentobarbital was purchased, which would provide context for the cost. The Indiana Capital Chronicle sued the corrections department Jan. 21 ami…
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New document shows Indiana paid $900,000 for execution drug, but other details still sparse
The Indiana Department of Correction offered a new but tiny glimpse into Indiana’s efforts to resume executions, revealing the state paid $900,000 to acquire the drug used to carry out the death penalty for convicted killer Joseph Corcoran.
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