Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

Court rejects appeal for retrial of 1961 wine poisoning case

NAGOYA, Japan - A group of lawyers attend a press conference on Jan. 9, 2015, in the city of Nagoya, central Japan, after the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal for a retrial filed by Masaru Okunishi, 88, who has been on death row since 1972 over the 1961 poisoning murders of five women in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.

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