Hakamada's retrial begins with witness questioning regarding color of bloodstains on ``5 items of clothing''. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for the murder of four members of his family in Shizuoka Prefecture 58 years ago.
The biggest issue in the retrial is whether it was unnatural that the blood stains on the "5 pieces of clothing" found in a miso tank near the crime scene 1 year and 2 months after the incident were stained with red.