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