Local government ordered to pay damages to acquitted man

Local government ordered to pay damages to acquitted man

Photo taken March 9, 2015, shows Hiroshi Yanagihara entering the Toyama District Court in the city of Toyama, central Japan. The court ordered the Toyama prefectural government to pay 19.66 million yen in damages to Yanagihara, who was wrongly accused of rape charges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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