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Headline: Japan Acquits World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate

Caption: An 88-year-old Japanese man, Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted after spending over 50 years on death row. Convicted in 1968 of murdering his boss and family new suspicions that evidence was fabricated led to his recent retrial. Decades on death row have severely affected his mental health, preventing him from attending the acquittal.

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