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Feb 4 • 08:21 UTC • 🇯🇵 Japan • Asahi Shimbun (JP)

77 Years Ago, 'Mitaka Incident': Grandson of Former Death Row Inmate Seeks Retrial to Clear Innocence

A man, the grandson of a former death row inmate involved in the 1949 Mitaka Incident, has filed a retrial request at the Tokyo High Court to assert his grandfather's innocence after a lengthy legal battle spanning three generations.

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