Japanese Man Wrongly Convicted of Killing 4 Persons Awarded $1.4 Million After 46 Years In Prison on Death Row
Iwao Hakamada Source: Africa Publicity Iwao Hakamada, 89, a former Japanese professional boxer, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation by the Shizuoka District Court in Japan on Tuesday for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Hakamada spent 46 years on death row for a quadruple murder he did not commit. “I think the state (government) has…