Hidegiyo Ogawa

Hidegiyo Ogawa is a prominent Japanese lawyer known for his advocacy in wrongful conviction cases. Recently, he gained attention for representing Iwao Hakamada, the longest-serving death row inmate in the world, who was exonerated after more than 46 years of imprisonment. Ogawa described the compensation awarded to Hakamada as the highest ever granted for wrongful conviction in Japan, although he emphasized that no amount of money could truly rectify the suffering Hakamada endured during his unjust incarceration.