Hakamada's situation is a particularly egregious instance of Japan's dubious justice system, where death row inmates are served up inhuman treatment, the constant shadow of hanging being the most ...

(UPDATE) TOKYO — A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said on Tuesday. The payout ...

A federal court judge has denied an Alaska man’s petition to appeal his death sentence and he will remain as the only inmate on death row in South Dakota. Briley Wayne Piper was sentenced to ...

Tokyo: A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, an official said Tuesday. The payout ...

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded US$1.44 million in compensation, an official said yesterday. The payout represents ...

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)(Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor’s office that originally put him on ...

Iwao Hakamada's legal team has said the money falls short of the pain he suffered A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $ ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing a teen girl in Austin nearly 16 years ago. Areli Escobar's bid for a new trial ...