Murder case retrial

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (L) and Takao Sugiyama answer questions from reporters before the opening of their retrial at the Mito District Court's Tsuchiura branch on July 9, 2010. The convicts in the so-called Fukawa case -- a 1967 murder-robbery case in Ibaraki Prefecture -- are expected to be acquitted through the retrial.

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