Free after five decades on death row, a Japanese man may be forced to return
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Iwao Hakamada, 82, spent nearly five decades on death row - thought to be the world record - for a quadruple murder that evidence suggests he did not commit. A prosecutor appealed the ruling that freed him in 2014 and Hakamada could return to death row if he loses his appeal before the Japanese Supreme Court.