Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death despite claiming innocence in the so-called "Hakamada Incident," in which a family of four was murdered in Shizuoka Prefecture 57 years ago, the Tokyo High Court has decided to allow a retrial. Did.

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Iwao Hakamada, 87, was sentenced to death 57 years ago in 1966 in what is now Shimizu Ward, Shimizu Ward, where a family of four was murdered. .



Nine years ago, the Shizuoka District Court issued a decision to approve a retrial, and Hakamada was released as the first death row inmate. Since it was determined that there was no such thing, it was an unusual development that the Tokyo High Court would hold a trial again.



The point of contention at the high court was the change in color of the blood stains on the clothes of the criminal, which were found in a miso tank near the crime scene more than a year after the arrest. While claiming that it was a forged evidence, the prosecution conducted an experiment in which the blood-stained cloth was soaked in miso for over a year, and requested that the allegation be dismissed as ``some redness remained.''



On the afternoon of the 13th, Chief Judge Fumio Ozen of the Tokyo High Court issued a decision to allow a retrial.



If this decision is confirmed, Hakamada's trial will be redone in the future.