Japan Inmate

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  Acquitted Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Seeks $1.3 Million From Japan

  Iwao Hakamada, 88, was declared innocent last year of a 1966 quadruple murder for which he spent over four decades in confinement, mostly on death row.

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  Japan's 'Black Widow' Death Row Inmate, Chisako Kakehi, Dies

  A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in a detention centre at age 78.

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  Japan's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Now A Free Man

  A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, closing a nearly six decades-long chapter.

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  Japan Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

  Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday sought the death penalty in the retrial of a man reputed to have been the world's longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014, local media reported.

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  Pregnant Japan Prisoners Stay Shackled, Newborns Separated: Rights Group

  Handcuffs during pregnancy, separation from newborn babies, and insufficient care for elderly inmates are among the abuses suffered by women incarcerated in Japan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

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  Japan Death Row Inmates Sue Over Same-Day Execution Notification

  Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the "inhumane" practice, their lawyer said.

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  Man Freed After 45 Years On Death Row In Japan Faces Retrial

  A Japanese court has overturned a lower court ruling that freed a man described as the world's longest-serving death row inmate, raising the prospect that the 82-year-old could eventually be imprisoned again.

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  Japan Court Reverses Ruling That Freed 'Longest-Serving' Death Row Inmate

  A Japanese court has overturned a lower court ruling that freed a man described as the world's longest-serving death row inmate, raising the prospect that the 82-year-old could eventually be imprisoned again

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  6,000 Cops Hunt "Model" Thief Who Escaped Jail In Japan

  A Japanese minister apologised Tuesday over the escape of a "model" inmate who fled an open prison more than a week ago, as the number of police hunting him passed 6,000.

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  No Country For Old Men: Japan's Elderly Inmates Prefer Jail

  Every day is the same. He wakes at 6:45 am, eats breakfast 20 minutes later and reports for work at eight o'clock sharp. But this isn't your typical Japanese salaryman.

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  Japan Executes 2 Death Row Inmates: Report

  Japan on Friday executed two death row prisoners, local media reported, as the government -- backed by public opinion -- continued to ignore calls by international rights groups to end capital punishment.

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  Japan Carries Out First Execution Of Prisoner Sentenced By Jury

  Japan today executed two death row prisoners, including the nation's first of a condemned inmate sentenced by jurors, officials and media said.

• World's 'longest-serving' death row inmate granted retrial in Japan

  A man believed to be the world's longest-serving death row inmate was on Thursday granted a retrial in Japan over multiple murders in 1966, decades after doubts emerged about his guilt.