Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder pleads innocence in retrial

Man wrongly convicted of 1990 murder pleads innocence in retrial

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 63, who spent 17 years in jail after being wrongly convicted of murdering a 4-year-old girl in 1990 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, walks to the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya in the prefecture on Oct. 21, 2009, to attend his retrial. He pleaded not guilty and called for clarifying the truth behind the false accusation in the retrial, which began the same day. (Kyodo)

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