Police chief apologizes to released man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who appears to have been wrongfully convicted for the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, speaks during a news conference in Utsunomiya on June 17, after receiving an apology from the chief of the Tochigi prefectural police, Shoichiro Ishikawa. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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