AFP news agency report from Tokyo Japan on July 11 that the decision was made after the Tokyo High Court. An order was issued in March to resume the investigation process. with Iwao Hakamada, which his supporters see as the long-awaited first step. To receive a verdict on acquittal
However, prosecutors told the Shizuoka District Court. On Monday that past They will go on trial again. and find a verdict that indicates Hakamada is indeed guilty. Even if it could lead to a lengthy trial. While Hakamada’s lawyer team told reporters they were “disappointed” with prosecutors.
Hakamada served more than 50 years on death row and is the world’s longest-serving prisoner. before the Court of First Instance orders a new trial and released him pending prosecution.
Hakamada was sentenced to death in 1968 for the theft and murder of his boss, his wife and two teenage children. but later he confessed after claiming He was brutally interrogated by the police. including flogging
Hakamada’s efforts To retract the confession was unsuccessful. and the Supreme Court of Japan upheld the verdict in 1980, even after a protracted legal battle The Shizuoka District Court allowed a new trial in 2014 because it found investigators might interfere with the evidence, but four years later, the Tokyo High Court overturned the ruling of the lower court. And send the case to the Supreme Court for further appeal.
However, the order of the High Court to try a new case. This cast doubt on the credibility of one of the key pieces of evidence used to convict Hakamada: his blood-stained clothes. Because it appeared more than a year after the crime and no other evidence could be used to determine Hakamada was the culprit.
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2023-07-11 10:23:26
