1986 Japan murder case to reopen as prosecutors give up appeal

Prosecutors said Monday they will not appeal a recent court decision ordering a retrial for a man who served a seven-year prison sentence over the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in central Japan.In the retrial, Shoshi Maekawa, 59, is likely to be acquitted as the criminal procedure law says that a retrial must be opened if there is "clear evidence to find the accused not guilty.""We have made this decision after carefully considering the content of the court's order and by comprehensively taking into account the evidence," Yoshihiko Hatanaka, deputy chief prosecutor at the Nagoya …READ FULL ARTICLE