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Ex-TEPCO execs acquitted over Fukushima nuclear crisis english.kyodonews.net

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 11 months ago

(From left, Sakae Muto, Tsunehisa Katsumata and Ichiro Takekuro entering the Tokyo District Court.)
The panel's decision came after Tokyo prosecutors twice decided not to charge the men over the world's worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Sept. 9, 2013 -- Tokyo prosecutors decide not to indict Katsumata and others.
June 30, 2017 -- The three plead not guilty at their first trial at the Tokyo District Court.
Sept. 19, 2019 -- Tokyo District Court acquits the three former executives of professional negligence resulting in death and injury.