Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

Nepalese acquitted over 1997 murder

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali gives a news conference in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Nov. 7, 2012, after the Tokyo High Court acquitted him the same day of the 1997 murder of a woman, a crime for which he spent 15 years in prison.

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