光市母子殺害、再審棄却　広島高裁（共同通信） - Yahoo!ニュース

This page reports on the third retrial request filed by Takayuki Otsuki, a death row inmate convicted in the 1999 Hikari mother-child murder case in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Hiroshima High Court rejected the petition on February 27. The defense submitted new evidence, including expert opinions from neuroscientists, arguing that childhood abuse caused brain damage preventing normal behavior. However, the court ruled the claims did not exceed the scope of the confirmed judgment. Otsuki's death sentence was finalized in 2012, and his two previous retrial requests were also dismissed.