Court decides not to reopen 1961 murder case for death-row inmate

Court decides not to reopen 1961 murder case for death-row inmate

NAGOYA, Japan - Izumi Suzuki (C), chief lawyer for 88-year-old death-row inmate Masaru Okunishi, speaks to reporters in Nagoya on May 28, 2014, after the Nagoya High Court decided not to retry Okunishi for the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Nabari, Mie, Prefecture. The court said Okunishi had no case to seek a retrial because the evidence and arguments presented to the court were the same as in his previous application.

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