JAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON GANGSTER FOR KILLING 4 IN SHOOTING
the Japanese Supreme Court upheld a man’s death sentence for killing a rival gang
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the Japanese Supreme Court upheld a man’s death sentence for killing a rival gang member and three bystanders in a shooting at a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on January 5, 2003. The top court's No. 2 petty bench dismissed an appeal by Masato Kohinata, 39, against lower court decisions sentencing him to death.
Two others in the case have appealed their death sentences.
Two others in the case have appealed their death sentences.
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- (Sources: Kyodo, 10/07/2009)
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