Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Japan prosecutor apologizes to man acquitted of 1966 murders

Hideko Hakamata speaks to the media after Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, apologized in person to her 88-year-old brother Iwao at their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)

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    Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, bows in apology to Iwao Hakamata (2nd from R) and his sister Hideko (far R) during a visit to their home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Iwao Hakamata, 88, was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)
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      Iwao Hakamata (R), 88, is pictured at his home in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2024. Hideo Yamada, chief of the Shizuoka District Public Prosecutors Office, visited and apologized the same day to Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial in September over a 1966 quadruple murder case, after spending more than four decades on death row. (Pool photo)
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        Hideko Hakamata (L) appears on the stage of a movie house in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2024, as a documentary film on her 88-year-old brother, Iwao Hakamata, is released the same day, depicting his life through the recent acquittal in a retrial over a 1966 quadruple murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture for which he had been sentenced to death. Standing by Hideko is Chiaki Kasai, who directed the film.
          CORRECTED: Retrial of man over 1966 quadruple murder

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          Supporters of Iwao Hakamata, who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder but released in 2014 under a district court ruling after 48 years in detention, hold a rally in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the ruling in the former professional boxer's retrial at the Shizuoka District Court.

            [Breaking News]Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

            SHIZUOKA, Japan, Sept. 26 Kyodo - Hideko Hakamata smiles 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. (Kyodo)
              CORRECTED: Retrial of man over 1966 quadruple murder

              CORRECTED: Retrial of man over 1966 quadruple murder

              Supporters of Iwao Hakamata, who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder but released in 2014 under a district court ruling after 48 years in detention, hold a rally in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, ahead of the ruling in the former professional boxer's retrial at the Shizuoka District Court.