Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

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Hideko Hakamada, sister of 88-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence, speaks to journalists ahead of a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

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