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Hiroshi HIYAMA

Death Penalty Sought Again For 88-year-old In Japan Murder Saga

Former Japanese professional boxer Iwao Hakamada spent nearly five decades on death row before his release in 2014 (Credit: AFP)

Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world's longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014, local media reported.

Iwao Hakamada, now 88, spent 46 years on death row -- a stretch recognised by Guinness World Records -- after being convicted in 1968 of robbing and murdering his boss, the man's wife and their two teenage children.

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