Prosecutors ask for acquittal of man in murder retrial

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, arrives at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya on Feb. 12, 2010, to attend the fifth session of his retrial. Prosecutors apologized in court for making him serve time in prison. (Kyodo)

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