Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

Iwao Hakamada, 84, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, is pictured with his sister Hideko at his home in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2020, after the Supreme Court sent back the case to the Tokyo High Court, rejecting its refusal to reopen it. Based on the top court decision dated Dec. 22, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Hakamada, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row.

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