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Killing of the Hakamada Family (Hakamata Incident) 1966

OVERTURNEDShizuoka Prefecture, Japan0:29

In 1966, an executive, his wife, and their two children were found stabbed to death after a fire at their home in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Former boxer Iwao Hakamada spent 56 years on death row. DNA later showed the blood on clothes hidden in a miso tank was not his. 56 years later, Hakamada was acquitted. casepin.org/case/hakamata-incident-1966

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A former boxer spent 56 years on death row in Shizuoka. An executive and his family were stabbed to death. Bloody clothes were found hidden inside a miso tank. And cash was stolen from their home. Police pressured Iwao Hakamada into a confession. But DNA proved the blood wasn't his. 56 years later, Hakamada was finally acquitted. Can a system ever make this right? The full, sourced file is on casepin dot org.

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