The defence made its closing arguments in the trial...

The defence made its closing arguments in the trial of thirty year old Yoshihiro Inoue, one of five Aum Shinri Kyo (Supreme Truth Sect) cult members accused of direct involvement in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Prosecutors demanded the death penalty. Prosecutors had also demanded the death penalty for four other Aum Shinri Kyo cult members - Yasuo Hayashi, Kenichi Hirose, Toru Toyoda and Masato Yokoyama. Of the 196 people indicted after the March 1995 attack-which killed 12 people and sickened thousands, 162 were found guilty, including two who received death sentences that are being appealed, according to the Justice Ministry. Thirty-three remain on trial, and one person was found innocent.