Lawyers for death row inmate

Lawyers for death row inmate

NAGOYA, Japan - The defense team for Masaru Okunishi, an 87-year-old death row inmate, arrives at the Nagoya High Court in Nagoya on Nov. 5, 2013, to file their eighth appeal for retrial. Okunishi was convicted of killing five women with poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961.

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