A Japanese man acquitted in a retrial of a 1966 quadruple murder filed a damages suit against the state for defamation on Thursday after the prosecutor general called the ruling that found him not guilty "unacceptable," his lawyers said.In the suit filed at the Shizuoka District Court, Iwao Hakamata seeks some 5.5 million yen ($37,000) in compensation and publication of an apology for one year on the website of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office to restore his reputation.The filing was led by his lawyers as he has difficulty communicating due to post-incarceration syndrome.The 89-year-ol…READ FULL ARTICLE
