Prosecutors lose appeal in fatal drunken driving case

Prosecutors lose appeal in fatal drunken driving case

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Inoue (R) and his wife Ikumi head for the Tokyo High Court in Tokyo on Jan. 12 to hear the court's ruling on the traffic accident on the Tomei Expressway, which caused the death of their daughters, 3-year-old Kanako and 1-year-old Chikako. The court dismissed the prosecutors' appeal against the leniency of the four-year jail sentence imposed on the drunken driver who caused the accident.

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