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Ex-judge Fights Japan's 'Unopenable Door' Retrial System

This photo taken in September 2024 shows Iwao Hakamada (L) speaking as his sister Hideko holds the microphone (Credit: AFP)

The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail -- and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination.

The former boxer, now 89, was exonerated last year of a 1966 quadruple murder after a tireless campaign by his sister and others.

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