JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL REJECTED BY TOP COURT
the Japanese Supreme Court rejected a request from Wakayama woman Masumi Hayashi to amend a death sentence handed to her following her conviction for killing four people and poisoning 63 with arsenic-laced curry in 1998.
the Japanese Supreme Court rejected a request from Wakayama woman Masumi Hayashi to amend a death sentence handed to her following her conviction for killing four people and poisoning 63 with arsenic-laced curry in 1998. The Supreme Court's decision means that the death penalty it handed down to her on April 21 has become fixed.
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- (Sources: Mainichi, 20/05/2009)