JAPAN. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR KILLING, ROBBING 2 WOMEN
Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence on Masami Toyoda, a 62-year-old man, for killing two women in murder-robbery cases in the 1990s.
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Japan’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence on Masami Toyoda, a 62-year-old man, for killing two women in murder-robbery cases in the 1990s.
The top court's No. 1 petty bench rejected an appeal by Toyoda from Shizuoka Prefecture against his sentence for murdering and robbing Kazuko Nakano, then 44, in Shizuoka Prefecture in August 1996 and Hide Shinoda, then 62, in Aichi Prefecture in September 1997. The defendant withdrew about 10 million yen from Nakano's bank account after murdering her. He killed Shinoda to evade paying her back 4.2 million yen in loans and stole about 60,000 yen in cash from her, according to the ruling.
The top court's No. 1 petty bench rejected an appeal by Toyoda from Shizuoka Prefecture against his sentence for murdering and robbing Kazuko Nakano, then 44, in Shizuoka Prefecture in August 1996 and Hide Shinoda, then 62, in Aichi Prefecture in September 1997. The defendant withdrew about 10 million yen from Nakano's bank account after murdering her. He killed Shinoda to evade paying her back 4.2 million yen in loans and stole about 60,000 yen in cash from her, according to the ruling.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Kyodo News, 02/03/2006)
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