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The Supreme Court of Japan recently accepted its first amicus brief from an American legal organization -- The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The center's brief marks the first time, as well, that it has sought to educate a foreign court on the subject of wrongful convictions. The Japanese high court is reviewing the case of Masaru Okunishi, an 81-year-old man who has been claiming his innocence from death row for almost 40 years.