Latest news with #FukuiDistrictCourt
The Mainichi
01-08-2025
- The Mainichi
Japanese man's acquittal of 1986 schoolgirl murder set to finalize
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- The acquittal of a Japanese man who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student is set to finalize after his lawyers said Friday prosecutors have decided not to appeal. The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court acquitted 60-year-old Shoshi Maekawa over the murder of a teenage girl in Fukui, central Japan, in a retrial last month, dismissing the credibility of the testimony of his acquaintances that led to his initial guilty verdict. The case is the latest high-profile acquittal in Japan following that of 89-year-old Iwao Hakamata who was exonerated last year over a 1966 quadruple murder in Shizuoka Prefecture. Maekawa was accused of murdering the 15-year-old girl in March 1986, but had pleaded not guilty since his arrest in 1987. The Fukui District Court acquitted him in 1990, but the Kanazawa branch overturned the decision and found him guilty in 1995, a ruling that was later finalized.
Japan Today
01-08-2025
- Japan Today
Japanese man's acquittal of 1986 schoolgirl murder set to finalize
The acquittal of a Japanese man who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student is set to finalize after his lawyers said Friday prosecutors have decided not to appeal. The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court acquitted 60-year-old Shoshi Maekawa over the murder of a teenage girl in Fukui, central Japan, in a retrial last month, dismissing the credibility of the testimony of his acquaintances that led to his initial guilty verdict. The case is the latest high-profile acquittal in Japan following that of 89-year-old Iwao Hakamata who was exonerated last year over a 1966 quadruple murder in Shizuoka Prefecture. Maekawa was accused of murdering the 15-year-old girl in March 1986, but had pleaded not guilty since his arrest in 1987. The Fukui District Court acquitted him in 1990, but the Kanazawa branch overturned the decision and found him guilty in 1995, a ruling that was later finalized. © KYODO
