Just Cases

Monash Law

Guinness World Record for... Death row

NOV 13, 202022 MIN

Description

1968 seems a lifetime ago. It was a defining year of the 20th century. 1968 is also the year that a Japanese professional boxer was sentenced to death for murder. Remarkably, he remains on death row to this day. The case of Iwao Hakamada has exposed questionable police practices, a forced confession and a bombshell claim from one of the judges who sentenced him. Read the transcript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.