Mother Seeks to End Statute of Limitations for Hit-and-Run Cases

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Tokyo, Dec. 10 (Jiji Press)–The mother of a 10-year-old killed in a hit-and-run incident near Tokyo in 2009 submitted a petition with about 190,000 signatures on Tuesday calling for the abolition of the statute of limitations for the offense. Yoriko Koseki, whose son, Takanori, died after being hit by a car, which later fled, while heading home on a bicycle on Sept. 30, 2009, in Kumagaya, …