2024-04-20 22:37:15
Iwa Hakamata, an 88-year-old former professional boxer, is the oldest death row inmate in the world. He celebrated his birthday on March 10. His sister Hideko Hakamata (transliteration), aged 91, was his greatest support during his stay in prison for almost half a century. She wished him that he would live to be 100 years old that day.
Hakamada Iwa was accused of murdering a miso company executive and a family of four in Shimizu Town, Shizuoka Prefecture (now Shimizu District, Shizuoka City) in 1966. He was sentenced to death in the first instance and sentenced to death in 1980. . The Shizuoka District Court decided to retry Hakamada in 2014 and release him.
Japanese media have described Hakamada as having been deceived and tortured by the law one after another, and he remains on death row. Although Hakamada, who suffers from diabetes, enjoys walking and could have walked nearly ten kilometers round trip from his home in Hamamatsu City, the prefecture, to the city center, he has not been able to walk for long since summer of last year. He currently depends on Hideko and is generally taciturn.
When Hakamada was first released, he had almost no expression on his face and could not communicate with others. Only now is he more capable of responding to short sentences such as “Yeah”, especially when it comes to boxing topics. But if there is a male visitor at home, he will hide in the toilet and be very careful; the symptoms of reality and illusion did not improve.
According to Japanese media, the verdict will be delivered this year. Hideko said on his birthday last month that the case would be resolved in six months and he was convinced of his brother’s innocence. The people who supported Hakamada Iwa helped him celebrate his birthday at home that day. In addition to birthday cakes, they also gave him his favorite red flowers, nail clippers and green T-shirts. He said with satisfaction that he would now wear this dress every day, including when he went for a daily walk.
In response to the current length of Japan’s retrial procedures for overturning criminal convictions, which will become a major problem from the perspective of redressing wrongful imprisonment, a cross-party alliance of parliamentarians seeking to amend the law as quickly as possible possible held its first meeting in March. , of which the deputy leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, and Kenta Izumi, leader of the largest opposition party, are both patrons.
In another famous “Shimada Incident” in Japan, Akahori Masao, accused of kidnapping and killing a young girl in the city of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1954, was sentenced to death. However, he was acquitted in a retrial in 1989 and became the The. fourth case of exoneration of a Japanese death row inmate. Akahori died in February in Nagoya, Japan at the age of 94. During his lifetime, he participated in activities supporting Hakamada.
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