High court upholds rejection of death-row inmate's retrial petition

High court upholds rejection of death-row inmate's retrial petition

Undated photo shows Shigeru Yagi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing two people for insurance money in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in 1995 and 1999. The Tokyo High Court on July 31, 2015 upheld a lower court decision that turned down a petition for a retrial filed by the 65-year-old. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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