Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Confession, 1st DNA test likely focus of probe

Confession, 1st DNA test likely focus of probe
Confession, 1st DNA test likely focus of probe Yuichiro Nakamura, Takayuki Ojima and Makoto Inagaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writers Why were false charges brought in such a serious crime as the Ashikaga murder? The Tokyo High Court gave the go-ahead for the retrial of Toshikazu Sugaya, 62, who was sentenced to life in prison over the killing of a 4-year-old girl in 1990 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, but who has since been released. In the retrial at the Utsunomiya District Court, whic