Japan to award Iwao Hakamada, held wrongfully for close to 50 years and released last year, largest-ever payout.
Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m).
The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his conviction for a 1966 murder was quashed, said on Tuesday that the compensation payment ordered by a court the previous day was the highest-ever criminal compensation granted in Japan.
The…
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