State loses appeal over life term for teen killer of 2

State loses appeal over life term for teen killer of 2

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura speaks to reporters on March 14 about the Hiroshima High Court's ruling rejecting prosecutors' call for the death penalty for a teenager who killed his wife and her baby daughter in 1999.

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