World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
“When the judge said, ‘The defendant is not guilty,’ it just sounded so divine,” Iwao Hakamata’s 91-year-old sister said.
Did what they couldn't do for Marcellus Williams.
At least he now has his whole life ahead of him. All five minutes that's left of it.
Essentially the prison saying they don't want to deal with the body at this point.
MFW when Japan decides to give a middle-finger to the U.S
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Yeah, Ik, Ik ("what about the corrupt justice system? The more prevalent use of solitary confinement? The roughly similar rates of death penality in both countries") but frankly, just consider it a rare W for Japan's criminal system, in comparison to the Marcellus Williams case...