Hakamata Seeks 217-M.-Yen State Compensation after Acquittal
Shizuoka, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial for the 1966 murder of four people in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, demanded Wednesday that the government pay him compensation of 217 million yen for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. A lawyer serving as the legal guardian of Hakamata submitted the claim to Shizuoka District Court, according to...
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Shizuoka, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--Iwao Hakamata, acquitted last year in his retrial for the 1966 murder of four people in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, demanded Wednesday that the government pay him compensation of 217 million yen for being unjustly detained for over 47 years. A lawyer serving as the legal guardian of Hakamata submitted the claim to Shizuoka District Court, according to...
