Japanese high court approved Monday a posthumous retrial for a man convicted of robbing and murdering a 69-year-old woman in 1984 in western Japan, upholding a lower court's decision.If the reopening of the trial is finalized and Hiromu Sakahara, who died of illness aged 75 while serving his prison term in 2011, is acquitted, it will be the first major postwar criminal case brought by the family of a convict given a life or a death sentence to be successfully overturned.In reaching the decision, the Osaka High Court said the case warrants an "acquittal," citing "clear new evidence" presente…READ FULL ARTICLE
