JAPAN. COURT FINALIZES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KOBE MAN
the death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court in Japan to 66-year-old Muneteru Yamamoto for killing and robbing his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004 was finalized.
the death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court in Japan to 66-year-old Muneteru Yamamoto for killing and robbing his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004 was finalized. Defence lawyers for Yamamoto had appealed the decision, but Yamamoto himself withdrew the appeal.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Daily Yomiuri, 08/09/2006)