Iwao Hakamada has been awarded 217 million yen ($1.44 million) as compensation for his wrongful conviction, marking the largest payment for such a case in Japan's history. Hakamada was incarcerated for nearly five decades, spending much of that time on death row, following a conviction for the 1966 quadruple murder. He was exonerated after a retrial showed police misconduct. Despite the compensation, his legal team described it as insufficient for the extensive suffering he endured during his imprisonment, which greatly impacted his mental health due to lengthy solitary confinement.
Iwao Hakamada, the former boxer wrongfully convicted for nearly 50 years, receives a record compensation payment of 217 million yen for his wrongful imprisonment.
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