By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese man said to have spent the world’s longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said, ending his family’s search for justice after a wrongful conviction for crimes committed nearly 60 years ago. The Shizuoka district court cleared Iwao Hakamada, 88, in a retrial of the murders of four people in the central Japanese region in 1966. It was sweet to hear […]
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Singapore death row families urge end to executions
SINGAPORE, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) – Families of death row convicts urged the Singapore government Monday to impose a moratorium on capital punishment to allow for an independent review of the controversial use of executions in the city-state. Five families called for a meeting with Singapore’s law and home affairs minister “to listen to our stories, to our pain, and confront our humanity”, they said in a statement on the eve of World Day Against […]





