Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

Hideko Hakamata smiles during a press conference in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, after the Shizuoka District Court acquitted her brother Iwao in a retrial decades after the 88-year-old former professional boxer was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder case.

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