For 46 years he lived with the fear of executing the death penalty imposed on him for the murder of 4 people. Eventually, at 89 he was acquitted.
The 89 -year -old Ivo Hakamanda from Japan, the longest -running deadly in the worldhe was displeased mentally and physically, waiting for his execution for a crime he never committed.
However, after 46 years he was acquitted and received $ 1.4 million compensationan amount of no deceitful, but it is difficult to repair the nightmare he has experienced.
“No financial compensation can restore his lost years and the excruciating waiting for death” His lawyers note.
Half a century in the “hell” of the deaths
According to TheGuardian, the former professional boxer arrested and convicted in 1966 for the murder of 4 peopleBut the truth was only revealed in 2024, after the uninterrupted battle of his sister and his lawyers.
Herself, Hideko Hakamanda, stood by his side until the last minute, holding a banner that wrote ‘Innocent – not guilty’outside the Sizuoka Court in September 2024, when his full acquittal finally came.
The Sizua Court of First Instance not only overthrew his conviction, but confirmed that Police had altered the evidence to blame him.
‘He suffered inhuman interrogations aiming to force him to confess »the decision said. Hakamanda later recalled “homology“But he had already been condemned and closed to the death wing.
Its psychological deterioration is irreparable. ‘Lived in a fantasy world’, his lawyers reported, since for decades He lived with the fear that every day he might be his last.
The Japanese justice system in question
Hakamanda is The fifth death -torn in Japan justified in a re -establishment of a case after World War II. In all four previous cases, the convicts also proved to be innocent.
The fact that five people were taken to the death wing with incorrect decisions has caused New round of reactions to the death penalty in Japan.
Hakamanda’s case reveals the dark sides of the Japanese judicial system – With excruciating interrogations, forgery elements and people waiting for death for crimes they did not commit.
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