2 men acquitted in retrial after nearly 30 years in prison

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (L) and Shoji Sakurai, both 64, answer reporters' questions in front of the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 24, 2011. The court later handed down their acquittals in a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case. The two men served nearly 30 years in prison over the so-called Fukawa case. (Kyodo)

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