Tapes of interrogation of Sugaya played at court

Tapes of interrogation of Sugaya played at court

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was jailed for 17 years until last June over the 1990 murder of a 4-year-old girl before a fresh DNA test proved his innocence, speaks at a news conference in Utsunomiya on Jan. 21, 2010, after audiotapes of a prosecutor questioning him were played at the Utsunomiya District Court during the fourth session of his retrial.

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