The world's longest-serving death row inmate has been granted a retrial in , 55 years after he was sentenced to be handed for murder.Tokyo's High Court ordered the retrial for 87-year-old former boxer Iwao Hakamada on Monday, nearly six decades after he was first convicted in 1968 after confessing to the murder of his boss and their family. He later said he confessed under duress.Lawyers for Hakamada left the court after a brief session and unfurled banners reading 'retrial' as supporters shouted 'Free Hakamada now'.
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