Indiatimes4d
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner receives $1.4 million in compensation - $85 for each day spent on death row
Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.
CounterPunch4d
Death Row Letters
Each of the 24 men and the sole woman had been convicted of violent crimes, and 16 were on death row. Elaine’s decades of kindness became a topic of research. In October last year, I listened to ...
Los Angeles Times3d
A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded ...
manilatimes6d
Japan's longest-serving death row inmate gets $1.4M
(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 ...
Deccan Chronicle6d
Japan awards longest-serving death row inmate $1.4 million
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 ...
AOL6d
World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was ...
Gulf News6d
Japan awards longest-serving death row inmate $1.4 million
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 $ ...
WYFF3d
Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad
PERSON AT THIS TIME. WELL, THE NEXT SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH ROW INMATE SCHEDULED FOR EXECUTION HAS CHOSEN THE FIRING SQUAD. TODAY, THE DEADLINE FOR MIKAEL MOODY WAS TO DECIDE HOW HE WANTED TO BE ...
The Hindu5d
What is India’s approach to citizens on death row abroad? | Explained
As per the data disclosed by the MEA in Rajya Sabha on March 20, a total of 49 Indians are currently on death row. The number of Indians awarded death sentences by foreign courts is the highest in ...
UPI6d
Exonerated Japanese inmate wins $1.44M for decades served on death row
March 25 (UPI) --An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated last year was awarded a record $1.44 million in ...
Fox News5d
Florida Republicans open door to firing squads, lethal gas as they push death penalty expansion
A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers ...