Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

OSAKA, April 28 Kyodo - Tatsuhiro Boku (L), who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire, heads to the Osaka District Court with his lawyers on April 28, 2016, for a retrial to exonerate him. Boku later declared his innocence, and the court is expected to pronounce Boku not guilty in early August.

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