Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death in the so-called "Hakamada Incident" nearly 60 years ago, will make a decision on the 13th of next month on whether to grant a retrial or redo the trial. decided to show.
Iwao Hakamada, 86, was sentenced to death in 1966 in what is now Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City, in the murder of a family of four.
Nine years ago, the Shizuoka District Court issued a ruling granting a retrial, and Hakamada was released, but the Supreme Court later ordered a retrial because the trial had not been exhausted before it could decide whether to grant a retrial. Therefore, the trial was held again at the Tokyo High Court.
According to the defense team, the Tokyo High Court contacted me on the 6th when a decision on whether to approve a retrial was issued on the 13th of next month.
The point of contention in the high court hearing was the change in color of the blood stains on the clothing believed to be the criminal's, which were found in a miso tank near the scene more than a year after Mr. Hakamada's arrest.
The defense argued that the evidence was fabricated, saying that ``the redness of the blood stains disappeared over time. remained."
More than half a century after its occurrence.
The judicial judgment will be shown again about the case that continues to be contested as to guilt or innocence.