Iwao Hakamata
Japanese boxer and prisoner (born 1936)
Iwao Hakamata
Iwao Hakamata (Japanese: 袴田 巖, Hepburn: Hakamata Iwao; born 10 March 1936) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was sentenced to death on 11 September 1968 for a 1966 mass murder that became known as the Hakamata Incident. In March 2014, he was granted a retrial and an immediate release when the Shizuoka District Court found there was reason to believe evidence against him had been falsified. At the time of his release, Hakamata's time on death row was the longest of any prisoner in the world. In September 2024, Hakamata was acquitted in a retrial by the Shizuoka District Court. Hakamata's innocence was confirmed in October 2024, when the prosecution waived its right to appeal. In 2025, a court awarded him 217,362,500 yen, 12,500 yen (US$83) for each day of imprisonment.
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