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Inmate Acquitted After 46 Years On Death Row

88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada visits a temple in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, on September 26, 2024, as his retrial, which was granted a decade ago after a long campaign by supporters, went ahead in the nearby city of Shizuoka. (Credit: JAPAN POOL/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)

An 88-year-old man who was convicted of murder in 1968 and has been on death row for 46 years was acquitted on Thursday.

A Japanese court reportedly ruled that evidence that was used to convict him had been fabricated.

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