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Court orders payment of about $1.4m to 89-year-old who spent decades on death row
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Iwao Hakamata was acquitted in the retrial of a murder case after spending over 47 years in prison. © Kyodo
SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Iwao Hakamata, 89, who was acquitted in a retrial over the 1966 murder of a family of four in central Japan, has been awarded a record sum in criminal compensation from the Japanese government after spending over 47 years in prison following a death sentence, his legal team said Tuesday.
The order to pay around 217 million yen ($1.44 million) was issued by the Shizuoka District Court on Monday, with the team saying the compensation was granted for his more than four decades of physical detention, from his arrest until his release.