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First Thing: Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging…
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Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan
Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murde…
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After freeing a man who spent half a century on death row, will Japan keep using the death penalty?
Police fabricated key evidence that led to the conviction of Iwao Hakamada in 1968, but capital punishment sti…
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Japanese man who spent 46 years on death row cleared of murders
Iwao Hakamada found not guilty of 1966 murder of his boss and his family after a retrial was ordered a decade …
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Man who spent 45 years on death row in Japan hopes for chance to clear name
Iwao Hakamada, 88, who spent longer than anyone in the world awaiting execution, awaits murder retrial verdict…
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Japanese man granted retrial after 45 years on death row
Iwao Hakamada, 87, was convicted of four murders in 1968 but granted ‘temporary release’ in 2014 after new evi…
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Japan executes man over Tokyo stabbing rampage – reports
Tomohiro Kato, who killed seven people in 2008, was hanged on Tuesday in Japan’s first execution this yearA ma…
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Japan hangs three men on death row in first executions since 2019 – reports
Japan has resisted calls for abolition of the capital punishment, and the latest executions are the first unde…
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Death row inmates sue over Japan’s brief notice of execution
Lawyer for two prisoners criticises ‘inhumane’ practice of giving only a few hours’ warning of hangingTwo deat…