Iwao Hakamada, the oldest death inmate in the world, received an astonishing sum of money after being recognized as not guilty. An irreparable miscarriage of justice. Last September, Iwao Hakamada in Japan was found innocent after spending almost 50 years in the death corridor. Shizuoka’s 89 -year -old man was sentenced to death for the murders of his boss, his wife and their two children in 1968.
After a long legal battle waged for the most part by his sister, the octogenarian was exempt last year. The former boxer spent more than five decades behind bars, including 46 years in the death corridor. Iwao Hakamada has repeatedly denied the accusations against him. He obtained a new trial in 2014 and published. The reason? New DNA evidence has questioned the reliability of his conviction, according to Amnesty International.
The former Concrete must receive compensation during his conviction, a judge concluded that the evidence against the accused had been “manufactured”. The defense team also argued that the investigators had carried out “inhuman questions” in order to inflict “physical and mental pain” and to obtain “declarations under the constraint”. Iwao Hakamada is the fifth detainee in the conduct of Japanese death to receive a new trial. It should be noted that the four previous cases have also led to innocence verdicts.
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At 17, he was accepted in more than 60 universities and receives a scholarship of $ 1 million.
After his release, the ex-prisoner received damages. As Ladbible reported, the 89-year-old received nearly 1.2 million euros, a spokesperson for the Japanese court on Tuesday. The applicant will be awarded 217,362,500,000 yen, “the equivalent of 1.2 million euros told AFP.
This amount is as much possible under the Japanese law on remuneration for defendants who are ultimately exempt, which provides for compensation up to 12,500 yen (77 euros) for each day spent in detention.
Defense lawyer Ogawa Hideyo told the media that the state had made a mistake that no money could compensate. ”
