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This photo taken on September 29, 2024 shows Iwao Hakamada (C) entering the venue during a judgement report session held by supporters in the city of Shizuoka, Shizuoka prefecture, two days after he was acquitted, more than half a century after his murder conviction, when a Japanese court ruled that evidence had been fabricated. Hakamada, now 88 years old, spent 46 years on death row after being convicted in 1968 of robbing and killing his boss, the man's wife and their two teenage children. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan: World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Awarded ‘Record’ Payout After Wrongful Conviction

A Japanese man, who spent over 40 years on death row after being wrongfully convicted, has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation.

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Missouri: Marcellus Williams Executed After SCOTUS Denies Multiple Appeals

Marcellus Williams, who was previously convicted for the brutal murder of Lisha Gayle in 1998, was put to death on Tuesday, despite the victim’s family and the prosecutor objecting to the death penalty.

1976- Ronnie Long. (Photo via: Concord Police Department/the Charlotte Observer via AP)

Man Wrongfully Convicted For Rape Who Spent 44 Years In Prison Receives $25M Settlement

A $25 million settlement has been struck between a North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina regarding a complaint that accused authorities of misconduct, according to the victim’s attorneys on Tuesday. The man had been falsely convicted and imprisoned for 44 years.

DNA Conviction Overturned In this photo provided by The Innocence Center and the California Innocence Project, Gerardo Cabanillas waves from outside the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles after his release on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Cabanillas, who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape, has been declared innocent and freed, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday. DNA testing helped exonerate Cabanillas of the 1995 attack on two couples sitting in parked cars in South Gate, the county district attorney's office said in a statement. (Laurence Colletti/Legal Talk Network via AP)

Man Released After 28 Years In Prison, Cleared By DNA

A California man who spent almost 30 years in prison for kidnapping, raping, and robbing a couple, has been released after he was cleared by DNA evidence.