Iwao Hakamada, who was on death row for nearly a half-century and was acquitted last month by the Shizuoka District Court, rides a car in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, shows a letter from her brother to his mother during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, shows a family photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for the 1966 murder case, weeps after Tokyo High Court ordered a retrial for her brother, in front of the court in Tokyo, on March 13, 2023. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Hideko Hakamada, center, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder case, visits Tokyo Detention Center in Tokyo after a court ordered a retrial for her brother, on March 27, 2014. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of Iwao Hakamada, is interviewed in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, center right, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder case, celebrates with a supporter after Tokyo High Court granted a retrial for her brother in front of the court in Tokyo, on March 13, 2023. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Iwao Hakamada, front left, who has been sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, presents a stuffed toy bear to his sister Hideko Hakamada, right, on her 91st birthday in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Hideko Hakamada, left, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for the 1966 murder case, reacts after the Shizuoka District Court found her brother not guilty following a retrial at the court in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Hideko Hakamada celebrates after the Shizuoka District Court found her brother Iwao Hakamada not guilty following a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Iwao Hakamada, who was on death row for nearly a half-century and was acquitted last month by the Shizuoka District Court, prepares to go out for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Hideko Hakamada, left, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder case, puts moisturizer on her brother's face after shaving, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 20, 2021. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada who has been on death row for the 1966 murder case, rereads letters that her brother wrote from prison, in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, in May 2024. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Iwao Hakamada, left, who has been sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, leaves a detention center in Tokyo with his sister Hideko Hakamada, on March 27, 2014 after the Shizuoka District Court ordered a retrial. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. (Kyodo News via AP)
Iwao Hakamada, center, who has been sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, with his sister Hideko Hakamada, right, is welcomed by supporters on his arrival at Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan, on May 27, 2014. Japanese prosecutors said on Oct. 8, 2024 they will not appeal the Sept. 26 ruling of the Shizuoka District Court that acquitted the world’s longest-serving death-row inmate in a retrial. The signs read "Welcome back, Iwao." (Kyodo News via AP)
Former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamada, left, and his sister Hideko Hakamada attend a gathering of supporters in Shizuoka, central Japan on Oct. 14, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
Former Japanese death-row inmate Iwao Hakamada, center, with his sister Hideko Hakamada, right, receive a bouquet of flowers during a gathering of supporters in Shizuoka, central Japan on Oct. 14, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)