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Shizuoka Prefectural Police chief Takayoshi Tsuda, left, offers an apology to former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamada, center, and his sister Hideko, right, for his decades-long suffering, at Hakamada's home in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

A Japanese police chief apologizes to a man acquitted after 50 years on death row

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

‘This is the beginning’: 91-year-old sister of longest death row inmate sees hope in his acquittal

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Hideyo Ogawa, lawyer for Iwao Hakamada, who was recently acquitted by a district court after a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

The world’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan mulls suing the government

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Iwao Hakamada, left, 88-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row inmate, in a 1966 murder retrial

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press