Prosecutors file appeal over retrial of 1979 murder case

Yumi Kamoshida (R) and Masami Mori, members of the defense team for Ayako Haraguchi, attend a press conference in Kagoshima, Japan, on July 3, 2017, after prosecutors appealed a district court decision the previous week to grant a retrial for the 90-year-old woman who served a 10-year term in prison over the murder of her brother-in-law in 1979. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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