High court OKs retrial for 2 convicts of 1967 murder-robbery
TOKYO, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (C) and Shoji Sakurai (R) shake hands in front of the Tokyo High Court on July 14 after the court approved a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture. The court accepted a petition from the two who have pleaded innocent. The life sentences of the two were finalized at the Supreme Court in 1978 for the murder of a carpenter and theft of some 100,000 yen in cash from the victim. (Kyodo)
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