A Japanese police chief has apologized to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering because of a wrongful conviction that had kept him on death row decades until last month when he was acquitted in

Iwao Hakamada, 88, a former boxer, was acquitted in September by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and prosecutors collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against him and forced him to confess during violent,

Japanese police chief bows to apologise after man is acquitted after nearly 60 years on death row. The boxer was acquitted in September after findings revealed said police and prosecutors collaborated to fabricate and plant evidence against him.