Top court nixes Suda's appeal over guilty verdict for murder

Top court nixes Suda's appeal over guilty verdict for murder

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Setsuko Suda, a doctor convicted of killing a 58-year-old comatose patient in 1998, speaks to reporters at her clinic in Yokohama on Dec. 9, 2009, after the Supreme Court dismissed her appeal, finalizing the Tokyo High Court's ruling sentencing her to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years. (Kyodo)

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