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Iwao Hakamada Awarded Record $1.4 Million for Wrongful Conviction in Japan

The 89-year-old, exonerated after nearly five decades on death row, receives formal apologies as his case fuels calls for legal reform and scrutiny of capital punishment.

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Japan Awards Record $1.4 Million to Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate