Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 8, 2006 2:18:41 GMT -5
Court finalizes death sentence for Kobe man
The death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court to a 66-year-old
man who killed and robbed his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004
has been finalized, sources said Thursday.
Defense lawyers for Muneteru Yamamoto had appealed the decision, but
Yamamoto himself withdrew the appeal. The court decision was finalized on
April 4, the sources said.
The court handed down the death sentence only 2 months after Yamamoto's
1st trial. The ruling was delivered in an unusually speedy manner since a
new court procedural system, which allows the point at issue to be
presented between hearings, was applied.
(source: Yomiuri Shimbun)
The death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court to a 66-year-old
man who killed and robbed his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004
has been finalized, sources said Thursday.
Defense lawyers for Muneteru Yamamoto had appealed the decision, but
Yamamoto himself withdrew the appeal. The court decision was finalized on
April 4, the sources said.
The court handed down the death sentence only 2 months after Yamamoto's
1st trial. The ruling was delivered in an unusually speedy manner since a
new court procedural system, which allows the point at issue to be
presented between hearings, was applied.
(source: Yomiuri Shimbun)