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lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago

World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan

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World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan

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lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months ago
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“When the judge said, ‘The defendant is not guilty,’ it just sounded so divine,” Iwao Hakamata’s 91-year-old sister said.
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    At least he now has his whole life ahead of him. All five minutes that’s left of it.

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      Essentially the prison saying they don’t want to deal with the body at this point.

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