World's longest-serving death row inmate, 88, acquitted after facing hanging for 50 years US to execute FIVE death row prisoners within seven days -marking deadliest week in 20 years Iwao was ...

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...

OSAKA--Three death row inmates filed a lawsuit with a district court here against the central government on Nov. 29, seeking an injunction to prevent their executions by hanging. They argue that ...