Japanese man's acquittal of 1986 schoolgirl murder finalized

The acquittal of a Japanese man who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student was finalized on Friday after prosecutors waived the right to appeal.The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court acquitted 60-year-old Shoshi Maekawa over the murder of a teenage girl in Fukui, central Japan, in a retrial last month, dismissing the credibility of the testimony of his acquaintances that led to his initial guilty verdict.The case is the latest high-profile acquittal in Japan and is likely to lead to further calls to reform the country's retrial system. Last ye…READ FULL ARTICLE