It was more than 58 years in the making.
Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamata has been found not guilty over a 1966 quadruple murder case, a Shizuoka court ruled on Thursday — a long-awaited retrial verdict for the defendant and his supporters, who have fought to prove his innocence since he was first arrested for the crime.
Retrials are extremely rare in Japan.
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