Akahori Masao dies 94 years old and acquitted after death sentence was confirmed in the “Shimada case”

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Akahori Masao, who was acquitted in a retrial after the death penalty was confirmed in the 1954 “Shimada Incident,” passed away at a nursing home in Nagoya city on the afternoon of the 22nd. 94 years old. A farewell party will be held at a later date. On 54/3/10, a girl (6 years old at the time) was kidnapped in Shimada city, Shizuoka prefecture, and she was arrested and prosecuted in an incident where she was found dead in a thicket along the O…