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Exoneree Calls for Retrial System Reform After Acquittal; Help Sought from Sister of Acquitted Death Row Inmate

A man acquitted on Friday of the 1986 murder of a teenage girl in a retrial expressed a strong commitment to reforming Japan’s retrial system.

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Two former Supreme Court justices say it is an inevitable part of the legal system that people are acquitted, even in cases involving death, if the prosecution cannot present sufficient evidence.

·Reykjavík, Iceland
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読売新聞オンライン broke the news in Japan on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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