2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (R) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, shake hands after finishing their press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, 64, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996. (Kyodo)