JAPAN: EX-AUM CULTIST SEEKS REVERSAL OF DEATH PENALTY IN SUPREME COURT APPEAL

the defence counsel for former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomasa Nakagawa asked the Japan's Supreme Court No. 2 Petty Bench to overturn his death penalty for the deadly nerve gas attacks and the murder of a lawyer and his family. "The defendant was suffering from a dissociative disorder and cannot take full criminal responsibility for his crimes," a lawyer told the court.