Prosecutors conveyed to a Japanese court Monday that they will argue for the conviction of a man in his retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder in central Japan that will take place decades after his death sentence was finalized.Iwao Hakamata, 87, spent nearly half a century behind bars before new evidence led to his release in 2014. Although his defense team has said he is innocent and the upcoming retrial is expected to lead to his exoneration, the prosecutors' move is likely to increase the likelihood of a prolonged process.The prosecutors' decision, which was conveyed to the Shizuoka Distri…READ FULL ARTICLE
