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After already having served a 12-year prison sentence following her conviction for murdering a patient, former assistant nurse Mika Nishiyama, 40, is expected to finally be acquitted on March 31.
The retrial concluded on Feb. 10, with prosecutors not recommending a sentence and saying they would not prove her guilt, essentially signaling her imminent acquittal.
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