A former death row inmate cleared of murder is giving new life to a fund that tries to help those facing execution secure a retrial.
Masao Akahori, 85, spent more than 30 years on death row for the murder of a 6-year-old girl in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture. He was acquitted in 1989 and is now an ardent campaigner against capital punishment.
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