Top court rejects retrial plea by ex-boxer on death row

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Iwao Hakamada, 72, a former professional boxer on death row since being convicted of the 1966 murder of a family of four in Shimizu, now part of the city of Shizuoka. The Supreme Court said March 25 it has turned down a retrial plea filed by Hakamada. (Kyodo)

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