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Japan: 'Record' payout for world's longest-serving death row inmate

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Iwao Hakamata , 89 , was found guilty in 1968 of killing his boss, his boss's wife and their two children.

He was granted a rare retrial and released from prison in 2014 amid suspicions investigators planted evidence.

His lawyers had sought the highest compensation possible, arguing that the 47 years in detention took a toll on his mental health.

Judge Kunii Koshi agreed that he had suffered "extremely severe" mental and physical pain.

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