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Man Acquitted in Retrial over 1986 Fukui Murder

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Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., July 18 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese high court branch Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the central Japan city of Fukui. The acquittal of Shoshi Maekawa, who was previously found guilty and served a prison sentence for the crime, was handed down by the Kanazawa branch of Nagoya…

Man Acquitted in Retrial over 1986 Fukui Murder

Kanazawa, Ishikawa Pref., July 18 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese high court branch Friday acquitted a 60-year-old man in a high-profile retrial over the 1986 murder of a 15-year-old junior high school girl in the central Japan city of Fukui. The acquittal of Shoshi Maekawa, who was previously found guilty and served a prison sentence for the crime, was handed down by the Kanazawa branch of Nagoya…

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