Japan's "Black Widow" death row inmate, Chisako Kakehi, dies at 78
Japanese death-row inmate Chisako Kakehi, dubbed the "Black Widow" after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers​, has died in a detention center at age 78, officials say,
Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ serial killer Chisako Kakashi dies before execution for cyanide murders
A notorious Japanese serial killer has died on death row while awaiting execution for poisoning multiple men with cyanide to get nearly $9 million in inheritances.
Japan's 'black widow' serial killer on death row dies
A 78-year-old death inmate convicted of murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan more than a de
New revelations in case of freed Japanese death row inmate
New revelations have emerged in the case of a man who is now free after decades on death row in Japan. Hakamada Iwao was sentenced to death for killing a family of four in 1966.
Chisako Kakehi, sentenced to death for cyanide murders, dies in custody
The 78-year-old death row inmate was convicted of murdering three men — her husband and two common-law spouses — to inherit their assets.
Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ serial killer Chisako Kakehi dies on death row before execution for cyanide murders
According to the reports, Kakehi had been sentenced to death after she had been convicted of the murder of three men including her husband. Kakehi was also convicted of the attemp
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One woman's 56-year fight to free her innocent brother from death sentence
Mr Hakamata's case is remarkable. But it also shines a light on the systemic brutality underpinning Japan's justice system, where death row inmates are only notified of their hanging a few hours ...
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Japanese "Black Widow" Death-Row Inmate Dies
Tokyo, Dec. 26 (Jiji Press)--Chisako Kakehi, a 78-year-old death-row inmate known as a "black widow" who was convicted in serial murders using hydrocyanic acid in western Japan, died at the ...
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Momentum builds for reforming Japan's retrial system
The acquittal of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata earlier this year has intensified calls to overhaul Japan's retrial ...