NAGOYA, Oct 23 (Information On Japan) –
The Nagoya Excessive Court docket’s Kanazawa department has granted a retrial in a case from 38 years in the past, the place a person convicted of murdering a junior highschool pupil in Fukui Metropolis has maintained his innocence.
That is the second request for a retrial by his protection crew, who argued that the unique responsible verdict was a miscarriage of justice.
The incident befell in March 1986, when a third-year junior highschool woman was stabbed to loss of life with a knife in a public housing advanced in Fukui Metropolis.
Maekawa, who was arrested after the incident, has constantly claimed his innocence. Regardless of his appeals, the conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court docket. Maekawa served seven years in jail and, after his launch, filed two retrial requests.
The Nagoya Excessive Court docket’s Kanazawa department dominated that new proof introduced within the case constitutes “clear proof that an acquittal must be handed down,” resulting in the choice to reopen the trial.
Supply: FNN
