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On the 19th, the Otsu District Court (presiding judge Yasunari Hataguchi) held three-way talks between the prosecutor, defense attorney, and the court regarding the ``Hinocho case,'' for which a retrial has been decided, and the prosecution has indicated that it will not plead guilty at the upcoming retrial hearing. There is a high possibility that he will be acquitted quickly.
On the same day, Deputy Chief Prosecutor Yoshinori Hagiwara of the Otsu District Public Prosecutors Office released a comment saying, ``We have decided not to plead guilty nor to provide any new evidence to prove guilt.'' He says he will not go so far as to assert his innocence.
According to the defense attorney, the prosecution explained that during the three-way meeting, ``We take the decision to request a retrial very seriously and carefully considered the decision.''
The incident occurred in 1984. In 2011, Hiroshi Sakahara, who was found guilty of robbery and murder in the murder of a female liquor store manager in Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture and the robbery of her safe, died of illness at the age of 75 while serving a prison term.
Sakahara was said to have confessed during the investigation, but there was no direct physical evidence and he maintained his innocence at trial. In the second retrial filed by his family, new negatives of photographs taken during the investigation were disclosed, and in 2018, the Otsu District Court decided to start a retrial on the grounds that the confession contradicted objective evidence and was not deemed reliable. The Osaka High Court also upheld the district court's decision in 2023, and the decision was finalized by the Supreme Court in February of this year.
Speaking at a press conference at the Shiga Prefectural Office, Sakahara's eldest son Hiroji (65) expressed his joy, saying, ``I was really happy.'' His eldest daughter Miwako (63) said, ``I wish my father was here. I'm happy, but I still feel lonely.''

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