Iwao Hakamada
Iwao Hakamada ( Japanese 袴 田 巌 Hakamada Iwao ; born March 10, 1936 in Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan ) is a former Japanese boxer who was arrested on August 8, 1966 and accused of multiple murders, arson and theft. He was sentenced to death on September 11, 1968 by the Shizuoka District Court . Hakamada was released on March 27, 2014 after the Shizuoka District Court retried him and a DNA test proved his innocence. As early as March 10, 2011, Hakamada was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest person on a death row .
See also
- Masaru Okunishi (spent 46 years on death row)
Web links
- Case presentation at Amnesty International
- Iwao Hakamada in the BoxRec database
Individual evidence
- ↑ New trial: Free - after 45 years on death row . In: Spiegel Online , March 27, 2014.
- ↑ Japanese man is Guinness record holder for longest time on death row . ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: The Japan Daily Press , April 9, 2013.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hakamada, Iwao |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 袴 田 巌 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese man sentenced to death |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan |