SHIZUOKA, Japan - Iwao Hakamata, 89, who was acquitted in a retrial over the 1966 murder of a family of four in central Japan, has been awarded a record sum in criminal compensation from the Japanese government after spending over 47 years in prison following a death sentence, his legal team said Tuesday.
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