Court to retry case of woman convicted of 1979 murder

File photo taken in July 2015 shows Ayako Haraguchi in a wheelchair arriving at the Kagoshima District Court in southwestern Japan to file a petition for a retrial over a 1979 murder case, for which she was convicted. The court decided on June 28, 2017, to reopen the case of the 90-year-old, who served a 10-year prison term over the murder of her brother-in-law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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