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Guinness World Record for... Death row

Guinness World Record for... Death row

Update: 2020-11-13
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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.


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Guinness World Record for... Death row

Guinness World Record for... Death row