Acquittal of ex-nurse in 2003 murder case

Acquittal of ex-nurse in 2003 murder case

Mika Nishiyama (C in front row), a former assistant nurse who was convicted of murder and spent 12 years in prison after the 2003 death of a patient, celebrates outside the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on March 31, 2020, after the court acquitted her in a retrial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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