The Small Print
MILESTONES Break out the party hats! Convicted murderer Iwao Hakamada has been certified by Guinness as the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. The 77-year-old, who butchered a family of four in Shizuoka in 1966, has been cooling his heels at Tokyo Detention House for more than 44 years. It was reported that Japanese scientists have, for the...

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