Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by...

Relatives of victims of gas attacks carried out by Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult vented their anger at the trial of cult guru Shoko Asahara and demanded the death sentence for him. "Considering he was the leader ... I think he deserves capital punishment," said a 43-year-old man, whose sister has been bed- ridden since she fell victim to the cult's Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995. The gassing during the morning rush hour killed 12 people and injured thousands of others. Taro Takimoto, a 46-year-old anti-cult lawyer who survived a cult attack with VX nerve gas, also said he wanted to see Asahara sentenced to death. "The argument for abolishing the death penalty misses the point that human beings are capable of great evil as well as greatness," he said.