Man jailed for life for 1990 murder freed after DNA test

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who was serving a life sentence for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, smiles during a press conference at a hotel in Chiba on June 4 after being released after 17 years in jail as prosecutors told a high court they will accept a retrial because a recent DNA test highly likely proves his innocence.

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