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Japan rules out appeal over acquittal of world’s longest death row inmate

Japanese prosecutors have said they will not appeal over the acquittal of the world’s longest-serving death row inmate in a retrial last month, bringing closure to the 1966 murder case after more than half a century of legal battles.

Tue, 08 Oct, 2024

Japanese court acquits former boxer who spent 46 years on death row

A Japanese court has found an 88-year-old former boxer not guilty of a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.

Thu, 26 Sep, 2024

Appeal against retrial for man at centre of Serial podcast

A judge was wrong to consider "a novel standalone claim" about the reliability of mobile phone tracking evidence in granting a new trial for a man whose murder conviction was re-examined in the popular Serial podcast, the Maryland attorney general's office said.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2016

UN war crimes tribunal orders retrial of Serb duo

UN judges in The Hague have ordered a retrial for two Serbs who were acquitted in 2013 of setting up and arming paramilitary gangs that committed atrocities during the 1990s Balkan wars.

Wed, 16 Dec, 2015