Man serving life in prison seeks retrial over 2002 murder in Tokyo

Lawyers brief reporters on June 24, 2015, in Tokyo about an appeal for retrial filed by a 35-year-old man serving life in prison for the robbery and murder of a woman in Tokyo in 2002. The convict, Kosuke Ihara, argues new scientific analysis has shown that traces of DNA found at the scene of the crime do not match his. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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