Toshikazu Sugaya, who spent 17 years in [Getty Images]

Toshikazu Sugaya, who spent 17 years in prison on flawed DNA evidence and a coerced confession, shows a banner saying "not guilty" after being acquitted at the Utsunomiya District Court in Utsunomiya in Tochigi prefecture on March 26, 2010. Judges bowed in apology to the former kindergarten bus driver who was put behind bars in 1991 for the kidnap, sexual assault and murder of a four-year-old girl and only released last June. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images)

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