Released man prays for murdered girl

ASHIKAGA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who is believed to have been wrongfully convicted in the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, prays for the girl near the spot where her body was found. Sugaya was released earlier this month after 17 years in prison.

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