Supreme Court Justice Hanan Meltzer has ordered Tuesday a retrial for Roman Zadorov, who is serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of 13-year-old girl Tair Rada in 2006.
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The decision comes as a result of several requests for a retrial by Zadorov's attorneys, who claim they have new evidence that casts doubt on his conviction.
Rada was murdered in a bathroom stall at her school in Katzrin, the largest Jewish city in the Golan Heights, where Zadorov was working as a janitor.
The murder case has received extensive media coverage, due to the brutal way in which Rada was murdered and the continuing claims that Zadorov was not the one who killed her. Despite his conviction, some believe he confessed under duress and that the real murderer may still be on the loose.
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