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Top court rejects petition to reopen 1986 murder case

FUKUI, Japan - Shoji Maekawa meets with reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 12, 2014, after the Supreme Court turned down his petition for a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, for which he served a seven-year prison term. He said he will continue appealing his innocence.

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High court turns down plea for retrial over 1986 murder case

NAGOYA, Japan - Shoji Maekawa (R) and his father Reizo come out of the Nagoya High Court in Nagoya on March 6, 2013, after the court turned down an appeal for a retrial filed by Shoji Maekawa, who served a seven-year prison term for the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui Prefecture.

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Retrial granted in 1986 Fukui girl murder case

NANTO, Japan - Shoji Maekawa, who served out a 7-year prison term for killing a junior high school girl, speaks during a press conference in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court decided the same day to open a retrial into the 1986 murder case in Fukui Prefecture.

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Retrial granted in 1986 Fukui girl murder case

KANAZAWA, Japan - A lawyer (far R) for Shoji Maekawa holds a banner that reads, ''A retrial (for Maekawa) to start,'' outside the Kanazawa Branch of the Nagoya High Court in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. The branch granted a retrial of the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui Prefecture, for which the 46-year-old man served out a seven-year jail term.

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Top court rejects petition to reopen 1986 murder case

FUKUI, Japan - Shoji Maekawa meets with reporters in the central Japan city of Fukui on Dec. 12, 2014, after the Supreme Court turned down his petition for a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, for which he served a seven-year prison term. He said he will continue appealing his innocence. (Kyodo)

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Retrial granted in 1986 Fukui girl murder case

NANTO, Japan - Shoji Maekawa, who served out a 7-year prison term for killing a junior high school girl, speaks during a press conference in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court decided the same day to open a retrial into the 1986 murder case in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Retrial granted in 1986 Fukui girl murder case

KANAZAWA, Japan - A lawyer (far R) for Shoji Maekawa holds a banner that reads, ''A retrial (for Maekawa) to start,'' outside the Kanazawa Branch of the Nagoya High Court in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. The branch granted a retrial of the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in Fukui Prefecture, for which the 46-year-old man served out a seven-year jail term. (Kyodo)