OKINAWA , Japan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Japan's Supreme Court rejected a plea to move the trial of former U.S. Marine Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, charged with killing a 20-year-old Japanese woman.
Justice Yoshinobu Onuki ruled Shinzato will be tried at Naha District Court in Okinawa, the city where Rina Shimabukuro was found dead in May. Shinzato, 32, said he will not be able to get a fair trial in the prefecture due to already high emotions among locals who already think he is guilty. The Supreme Court ruled judges will review the evidence and act accordingly.