Death penalty sought again for 88-year-old in Japan murder saga — World — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News
Japanese prosecutors again sought the death penalty in the retrial on Wednesday of an ex-boxer who was the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014. Iwao Hakamada, now 88, spent 46 years on death row — a stretch recognised by the Guinness World Records — after being convicted in 1968 of murdering […]