The Supreme Court in Japan rejected the sixth appeal...

The Supreme Court in Japan rejected the sixth appeal for the retrial of a death-row inmate who was found guilty of murdering five people with poisoned wine in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961.
Masaru Okunishi, 76, immediately filed his seventh appeal for a retrial at the Nagoya High Court.
At the sixth appeal, the defence counsel submitted notes written by the then head of the investigation headquarters saying they counter the claim that Okunishi had time to commit the crime when he was left alone at the scene for just 10 minutes. However, the Supreme Court said the notes do not have sufficient evidential power to overturn the lower court's decision.
Okunishi, who is in jail in Nagoya, was once acquitted by the Tsu District Court in 1964, but the Nagoya High Court reversed the decision in 1969 and sentenced him to death, which was subsequently upheld by the Supreme Court in 1972.
According to his lawyers and supporters, Okunishi said after the Supreme Court decision that he will continue to try and clear his name as long as he lives.
Meanwhile, Toru Motobayashi, chairman of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, said, "It is now a global trend to end the death penalty and it is necessary to clear up the false charge against Mr. Okunishi as soon as possible."