Champion boxers, supporters file pleas for death-row convict

Champion boxers, supporters file pleas for death-row convict

TOKYO, Japan - Former world junior middleweight champion Koichi Wajima (L) and former world junior flyweight champion Katsuo Tokashiki (2nd from L), campaign with other supporters for a retrial at the Supreme Court of Iwao Hakamada, a former pro boxer on death row, arguing he was wrongly convicted of killing a family of four in 1966. (Kyodo)

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