Japan’s Abusive ‘Hostage Justice’ System Persists

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Iwao Hakamata, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in 1968 for the 1966 murder of a family of four, was acquitted on September 26, 2024 following a retrial. His sister, Hideko Hakamata (C), holds a banner reading "innocent man, not guilty verdict" as she arrives at the Shizuoka District Court that day. © 2024 Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images To mark International Wrongful Conviction Day, the “End ‘Hostage Justice’ in Japan” project, co-sponsored by Human Rights Watch and Innocence Project Japan, has placed a newspaper advertisement to raise awareness…

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