「重く受け止めている」　袴田さん無罪確定で―露木警察庁長官

　１９６６年に静岡県で一家４人が殺害された事件の再審で袴田巌さん（８８）の無罪が確定したことについて、警察庁の露木康浩長官は１０日の定例記者会見で、「警察庁としても重く受け止めている」と述べた。
　露木長官は、「静岡県警が改めて事実確認を行うと報告を受けている」とした上で、「今後の教訓とする事項があればしっかり受け止め、より一層緻密かつ適正な捜査に取り組む」と話した。静岡地裁の再審無罪判決が捜査機関による証拠捏造（ねつぞう）を認定したことに関しては、直接言及しなかった。（2024/10/10-12:46）

Japan's National Police Agency is taking seriously the acquittal of former death-row inmate Iwao Hakamata 58 years after his arrest in a family murder case, NPA Commissioner General Yasuhiro Tsuyuki said on Thursday.
   Tsuyuki said at a press conference that Shizuoka prefectural police will review the case. "We will fully accept what we should learn from the case, and will conduct more careful and appropriate investigations," he said.
   He did not directly mention Shizuoka District Court's latest ruling, which acknowledged the fabrication of evidence in the case.
   Hakamata's acquittal became final on Wednesday after prosecutors waived their right to appeal the court ruling. Takayoshi Tsuda, head of the Shizuoka prefectural police department, apologized on the same day for the situation Hakamata had long been placed in.