Top court upholds retrial petition over 1967 murder-robbery

Top court upholds retrial petition over 1967 murder-robbery

TOKYO, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama smile during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2009, after the Supreme Court upheld a retrial petition over their conviction for a 1967 murder-robbery in Ibaraki Prefecture. The top court upheld a lower court decision that said there are doubts about their confessions. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000045543
  • Registered date
  • 2009/12/15 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1303 × 1814 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 613.83(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan court orders retrial of man over 1986 schoolgirl murder

    Japan court orders retrial of man over 1986 schoolgirl murder

    Shoshi Maekawa, who served a seven-year prison sentence over the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui Prefecture, speaks during a press conference in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 23, 2024, after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court ordered a retrial.
      Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

      Japan court acquits man in 1966 murder retrial

      Hideko Hakamata smiles during a press conference in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Sept. 26, 2024, after the Shizuoka District Court acquitted her brother Iwao in a retrial decades after the 88-year-old former professional boxer was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder case.

        Nihon Univ. chair apologizes for drug scandal

        TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Nihon University's board of trustees chair Mariko Hayashi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2023, apologizing for a drug scandal involving members of the school's American football club. (Kyodo)

          [Breaking News]Nihon Univ. chair apologizes for drug scandal

          TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 4 Kyodo - Nihon University's board of trustees chair Mariko Hayashi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2023, apologizing for a drug scandal involving members of the school's American football club. (Kyodo)

            Japan seeks dissolution of Unification Church

            TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 12 Kyodo - Japan's education and culture minister Masahito Moriyama attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2023, after revealing his ministry's decision to seek to strip the scandal-hit Unification Church of religious corporation status. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

              Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

              Iwao Hakamada, 84, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, is pictured at his home in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2020, after the Supreme Court sent back the case to the Tokyo High Court, rejecting its refusal to reopen it. Based on the top court decision dated Dec. 22, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Hakamada, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row.
                Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                Iwao Hakamada, 84, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, is pictured with his sister Hideko at his home in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2020, after the Supreme Court sent back the case to the Tokyo High Court, rejecting its refusal to reopen it. Based on the top court decision dated Dec. 22, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Hakamada, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row.
                  Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                  Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                  Iwao Hakamada, 84, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, is pictured with his sister Hideko at his home in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2020, after the Supreme Court sent back the case to the Tokyo High Court, rejecting its refusal to reopen it. Based on the top court decision dated Dec. 22, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Hakamada, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row.
                    Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                    Top court sends back 1966 murder case to lower court over retrial

                    Iwao Hakamada, 84, a former professional boxer who was sentenced to death in a 1966 quadruple murder case, is pictured at his home in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Dec. 23, 2020, after the Supreme Court sent back the case to the Tokyo High Court, rejecting its refusal to reopen it. Based on the top court decision dated Dec. 22, the Tokyo High Court will again examine whether to reopen the case of Hakamada, who was freed in 2014 after spending nearly half a century on death row.
                      Hakamada case

                      Hakamada case

                      Supporters of Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death for a 1966 quadruple murder but released in 2014 under a district court ruling after 48 years in detention, hold banners in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on June 11, 2020, seeking a retrial for the former professional boxer at the Supreme Court so that he may be exonerated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo